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Robertson Land (red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley . It is located at 70°00′S 65°00′E / 70.000°S 65.000°E / -70.000; 65
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A sea-level rise of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) would occur if the ice sheet collapses, leaving ice caps on the mountains, and 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) if those ice caps also melt. [102] Isostatic rebound may contribute an additional 1 m (3 ft 3 in) to global sea levels over another 1,000 years. [ 101 ]
The Antarctic Convergence is a zone approximately 32 to 48 km (20 to 30 mi) wide, varying in latitude seasonally and in different longitudes, extending across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans between the 48th and 61st parallels of south latitude.
18.3 metres (60 feet) 9,690,000 cubic metres (342,000,000 cubic feet) A meromictic and saline lagoon. Concordia Lake: 900 square kilometres (350 square miles) 250 metres (820 feet) 200 cubic kilometres (48 cu mi) 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) A large subglacial lake, discovered in 1999. [10] In 2009 it was the second largest subglacial lake to be ...
Lars-Eric Lindblad (January 23, 1927 – July 8, 1994) was a Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer, who pioneered tourism to many remote and exotic parts of the world. . He led the first tourist expedition to Antarctica in 1966 [1] in a chartered Argentine navy ship, and for many years operated his own vessel, the MS Lindblad Explorer, in the regi
Along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula south of 63° S, precipitation ranges from 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in). In comparison, the subantarctic islands have precipitation of 100–200 cm (39–79 in) per year and the dry interior of Antarctica is a virtual desert with only 10 cm (3.9 in) precipitation per year. [20]
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 ...