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More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available. Adams Island (Antarctica) Alexander Island; Anchorage Island, Princess Elizabeth Land; Anvers Island; Balleny Islands; Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme; Bear Island (Antarctica) Berkner Island; Bermel ...
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 ...
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Some 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the world's largest ice sheet and also its largest reservoir of fresh water. Averaging at least 1.6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2.5 km below sea level; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur (e.g., Lake ...
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.
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 ').
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 ...
English: Antarctica.An orthographic projection of NASA's Blue Marble data set (1 km resolution global satellite composite). "MODIS observations of polar sea ice were combined with observations of Antarctica made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s AVHRR sensor—the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer."