enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Elephant Island - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Island

    Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean.The island is situated 245 kilometres (152 miles) north-northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1,253 kilometres (779 miles) west-southwest of South Georgia, 935 kilometres (581 miles) south of the Falkland Islands, and 885 ...

  3. Climate of Antarctica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Antarctica

    The highest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 19.8 °C (67.6 °F) recorded at Signy Research Station, Signy Island on 30 January 1982. [2] [3]The highest temperature on the Antarctic mainland was 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) at the Esperanza Base (Argentina) on 6 February 2020.

  4. List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_and_sub...

    Antarctica and surrounding islands in relation to the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south. The following list of island groups contains the largest or most notable islands in their respective group. A more detailed list of islands in a given group may be found on their respective pages, when applicable.

  5. Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 17.5 ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/01/antarctica...

    Antarctica locks up 90 percent of the world's fresh water as ice and would raise sea levels by about 200 ft if it were all to melt. Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 17.5°C (63.5 ...

  6. 2024 Antarctica heat wave - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Antarctica_heat_wave

    The 2024 Antarctica heat wave refers to a prolonged and significant mid-winter increase in Antarctic temperatures compared to prior winters, causing several regions of Antarctica to reach temperatures 10 °C (18.0 °F) above normal in July 2024, up to a 28 °C (50.4 °F) increase above average. The heat wave was significant for occurring during ...

  7. List of weather records - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records

    Satellite measurements of the surface temperature of Antarctica, taken between 1982 and 2013, found a coldest temperature of −93.2 °C (−135.8 °F) on 10 August 2010, at Although this is not comparable to an air temperature, it is believed that the air temperature at this location would have been lower than the official record lowest air ...

  8. Seal Islands (South Shetland Islands) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_Islands_(South...

    The Seal Islands (also known as Îles des Phoques, Islas Foca, Islotes Foca and Seal Rocks) are a group of small islands and rocky islets lying about 7 km north and north-west of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. They extend east–west for about 5 km, [1] and are separated from Elephant Island by Sealers Passage.

  9. Elephant Island, East Falkland Weather - Hourly ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/weather/forecast/falkland-islands/...

    Get the Elephant Island, East Falkland local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...