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Antarctica is a desert, receiving very little annual precipitation. [1] However meltwater from the continent's ice features produce a number of rivers and streams. A list of these can be found at List of rivers of Antarctica
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60° S are not asserted. [1]
Pages in category "Names of places in Antarctica" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... List of Antarctic features named after Norwegian ...
Pages in category "Mountains of Antarctica" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The list of mountains of East Antarctica includes the highest mountains in East Antarctica. Name Elevation (meters) Prominence (meters) Range Parent Range Dome A:
The Antarctandes are even longer, having in common with the Transantarctic Mountains the ranges from Cape Adare to the Queen Maud Mountains, but extending thence through the Whitmore Mountains and Ellsworth Mountains up the Antarctic Peninsula. The 100–300 km (60–200 mi) wide range forms the boundary between East Antarctica and West Antarctica.
Gårenevkalven Nunatak (coordinates: 72°0′S 14°47′E) is a nunatak, 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) high, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Gårekneet Ridge in the eastern part of the Payer Mountains, in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic ...
Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after John C. Priscu, ecologist, Montana State University; principal investigator from 1984 on numerous studies of marine and fresh water systems in the McMurdo region and the author of numerous papers on the ecology of this area; led first WINFLY expedition (1991) into the ...