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  2. Lists of places in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    While Antarctica has never had a permanent human population, it has been explored by various groups, and many locations on and around the continent have been described. This page lists notable places in and immediately surrounding the Antarctic continent, including geographic features, bodies of water, and human settlements.

  3. Lake Vostok - Wikipedia

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    Lake Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica's 675 known [3] subglacial lakes.Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia's Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at 3,488 m (11,444 ft) above mean sea level.

  4. List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands - Wikipedia

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    Antarctica and surrounding islands in relation to the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south. The following list of island groups contains the largest or most notable islands in their respective group. A more detailed list of islands in a given group may be found on their respective pages, when applicable.

  5. Antarctic lakes - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] When a glacier is very thick, the pressure at the bottom is great enough that liquid water can exist at temperatures where water would freeze, at regular pressures. The ice above Lake Vostok , the largest antarctic lake, is approximately 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) thick.

  6. Category:Names of places in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Names of places in Antarctica" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Category:Bodies of water of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Bodies of water of Antarctica by region (24 C) B. Bays of Antarctica (2 C, 23 P) F. Fjords of Antarctica (1 C, 4 P) I. Bodies of ice of Antarctica (14 C)

  8. McMurdo Dry Valleys - Wikipedia

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    McMurdo Dry Valleys, Landsat 7 imagery acquired on December 18, 1999 The Dry Valleys are so named because of their extremely low humidity and lack of snow or ice cover. They are also dry because, in this location, the mountains are sufficiently high that they block seaward-flowing ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from reaching the Ross

  9. Vostok Station - Wikipedia

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    Vostok Research Station is around 1,301 kilometres (808 mi) from the Geographic South Pole, at the middle of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vostok is located near the southern pole of inaccessibility and the south geomagnetic pole, making it one of the optimal places to observe changes in the Earth's magnetosphere.