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Oceanic islands between the Equator, 60°S, 20°W, and 115°E are the only Southern Hemisphere lands (besides East Timor) outside the five southern nuclear-weapon-free zones. Bouvet Island and the Kerguelen Islands are Antarctic islands on this map but outside the Antarctic NWFZ. Australian islands are parts of the South Pacific NWFZ.
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories; however, a number of such facilities are located outside of the area claimed by their ...
A further base was founded at Hope Bay on February 13, 1945, after a failed attempt to unload stores on February 7, 1944. These were the first permanent bases to be constructed on the Antarctic mainland. [11] Discovery Hut (1902) at Hut Point Peninsula of Ross Island, Antarctica, one of the earliest repeatedly temporarily used dwellings on ...
وحدة:Location map/data/Antarctica; وحدة:Location map/data/Antarctica/شرح; Usage on arz.wikipedia.org قالب:Location map Antarctica; Usage on ast.wikipedia.org Monte Hope (L'Antártida) Base Vostok; Base Antártica Xuan Carlos I; Base Concordia; Monte Erebus; Macizu Vinson; Montes Tresantárticos; Módulu:Mapa de llocalización ...
Antarctic melt stream. 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
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique ('opposite to the Arctic') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus ('opposite to the north').
United States Antarctic Program. "Amundsen–Scott Station webcam". NOAA. "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station". National Science Foundation. "Antarctic Facilities". COMNAP. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. "Antarctic Facilities Map (Edition 5)" (PDF). COMNAP. July 24, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2011 ...
Scott Base was established on Pram Point by New Zealand in 1957 as a permanent base supporting scientific researchers who visit Antarctica in the summer. The area under roof is about 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft). [6] Discovery Hut was built on Hut Point during the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 (Discovery Expedition).