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A map of the Antarctic region, including the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south The Antarctic Plate. The Antarctic (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /, US also / æ n t ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /; commonly / æ ˈ n ɑːr t ɪ k /) [Note 1] is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.
It indicates how to give color to geographic areas (common geopolitical delimitations: nations, regions, etc.). With the following steps: Choose the colors to paint the areas. Choose for one of two possibilities: Paint the areas of a blank map. Indicate that areas are still painted (only for maps of the world).
MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica image map. National Snow and Ice Data Center, digital media. Metadata for Antarctica's Coastline and Ice Sheet Grounding Line Files: ...
Reverted to version as of 07:30, 14 October 2009 - we are using this image as a location map on pl wiki, don't simply change it like that. Upload a new image if you want. 15:59, 17 December 2009: 1,139 × 1,262 (43 KB) NuclearVacuum: minor: 15:57, 17 December 2009: 1,139 × 1,262 (43 KB) NuclearVacuum: made image larger to show the rest of the ...
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
Physically, Antarctica is divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains, close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea. Western Antarctica and Eastern Antarctica correspond roughly to the western and eastern hemispheres relative to the Greenwich meridian. [note 1] West Antarctica is covered by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
[74] [75] [76] According to one study, if the Paris Agreement is followed and global warming is limited to 2 °C (3.6 °F), the loss of ice in Antarctica will continue at the 2020 rate for the rest of the 21st century, but if a trajectory leading to 3 °C (5.4 °F) is followed, Antarctica ice loss will accelerate after 2060 and start adding 0.5 ...