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The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features.
Name Year Formation Location Notes Images Antarctopelta: 2006 Snow Hill Island Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) Antarctica: Possessed unusual caudal vertebrae that may have supported a "macuahuitl" as in Stegouros [1] Atlascopcosaurus: 1989 Eumeralla Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) Australia: Only known from remains of ...
The United States maintains the southernmost base, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, and the largest base and research station in Antarctica, McMurdo Station. The second-southernmost base is the Chinese Kunlun Station at 80°25′2″S during the summer season, and the Russian Vostok Station at 78°27′50″S during the winter season.
Antarctica: Non- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds Seymour Island [Note 2] Sobral Formation: Paleocene (Danian) Antarctica: Vega Island: López de Bertodano Formation: Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) Antarctica: Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds Longing Peninsula: Nordenskjöld Formation: Jurassic: Antarctica: Mount Kirkpatrick ...
Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth. 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 ...
Casey Station, commonly called Casey, is one of three permanent stations and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Casey lies on the northern side of the Bailey Peninsula overlooking Vincennes Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in the Australian Antarctic Territory, a territory claimed by Australia.
Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarctica on the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The base was established in 1956 to study the Earth's atmosphere . Measurements from Halley led to the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985. [ 3 ]
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. Antarctic Peninsula map Location of the Antarctic Peninsula within Antarctica