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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.
A Historic Site or Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands.The list of historic sites was first drawn up in 1972, [1] and has since expanded to cover 95 sites, with the most recent listed in 2021. [2]
It is one of the driest places on Earth, [2] though there are several anecdotal accounts of rainfall within the Dry Valleys. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The region is one of the world's most extreme deserts , and includes many features including Lake Vida , a saline lake, and the Onyx River , a meltwater stream and Antarctica's longest river .
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.
The area around Don Juan Pond is covered with sodium chloride and calcium chloride salts that have precipitated as the water evaporated. [4] [5] The area and volume of Don Juan Pond vary over time. According to the United States Geological Survey topographical map published in 1977, the area was approximately 0.25 km 2 (62 acres). However, in ...
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Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Light characteristic [2]Focal height [2]NGA number [2]Admiralty number [2]Range nml [2]Ardley Cove Lighthouse: n/a: Eduardo Frei Montalva Station
This was the place where the smallest ever wintering-over party (two men) spent a year and a day in 1921-1922. The two men, Thomas Bagshawe and M.C. Lester, had been part of the British Imperial Expedition, but their particular project, which involved flying a number of aircraft to the South Pole, was aborted. Nevertheless, they decided to stay ...