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A Historic Site or Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands. The list of historic sites was first drawn up in 1972, [1] and has since expanded to cover 95 sites, with the most recent listed in 2021. [2] Five sites have been removed from the list for various reasons.
Nearly all of Antarctica's surface is covered by ice to an average depth of 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft). [2] As such, a number of notable ice features have been described on the continent. Ice shelves
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Villa Las Estrellas in 2011. Villa Las Estrellas. Night view. Chilean Post office in Villa Las Estrellas. Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace.. Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village [3] or Hamlet of the Stars) [4] is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic ...
There are two Historic Sites or Monuments of Antarctica on the island: San Telmo Cairn (HSM 59) at Cape Shirreff, which commemorates the 644 Spaniards lost on board the San Telmo in 1819, and the Lame Dog Hut (HSM 91) at St. Kliment Ohridski base, which is the oldest preserved building on Livingston Island and together with its associated ...
The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville , whose expedition landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands at the northeast end of the ...
The Alph River is a small river in Antarctica, running into Walcott Bay, Victoria Land. It is in an ice-free region at the west of the Koettlitz Glacier , Scott Coast . The Alph emerges from Trough Lake and flows through Walcott Lake , Howchin Lake , and Alph Lake .
The church, one of the southernmost in the world and one of the few permanent structures in Antarctica, is permanently staffed by a priest. [citation needed] The first attempted murder in Antarctica occurred on the island in 2018 at Bellingshausen Station. [13] Point Thomas lighthouse at Arctowski Station is the most southerly lighthouse of the ...