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    Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200...
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    scientific information among its members regarding Antarctica. The SCAR was later renamed to the Scientific Committee for Research in Antarctica. Both Argentina...
    46 KB (4,154 words) - 23:07, 27 May 2024
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    80°S 80°E / 80°S 80°E / -80; 80 East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying...
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    Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica. At 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long, it is...
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    The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice. The Antarctic continent, located in the Earth's southern hemisphere...
    23 KB (2,673 words) - 09:34, 26 May 2024
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    .aq (category Communications in Antarctica)
    Southern Ocean regions. It is administered by Peter Mott of Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited from Christchurch, New Zealand. .aq domain names...
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    Mount Takahe (category Calderas of Antarctica)
    460-metre-high (11,350 ft) snow-covered shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the Amundsen Sea. It is a c. 30-kilometre-wide...
    53 KB (5,485 words) - 17:20, 11 May 2024
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    New Swabia (redirect from German Antarctica)
    Maud Land and is now a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land.[citation needed] New Swabia...
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    New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic...
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  • Antarctica Shrinks to Smallest Size on Record". WSJ. Retrieved April 14, 2024. "Myth of cooling towers is symptomatic of global warming information shortage"...
    574 KB (55,790 words) - 02:51, 28 May 2024
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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
    23 KB (1,591 words) - 21:56, 29 March 2024
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    Thwaites Glacier (category Ice streams of Antarctica)
    Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 October 2011. Jon Gertner (10 December 2018). "The Race to Understand Antarctica's Most...
    67 KB (7,211 words) - 05:07, 27 May 2024
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    (/ˈɛrɪbəs/) is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on...
    39 KB (5,584 words) - 03:25, 27 May 2024
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    East") is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern...
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    Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica's 675 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole...
    56 KB (5,882 words) - 20:21, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)
    Penguin Isle) is one of the smaller of the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Penguin Island was sighted in January 1820 by a British expedition under...
    6 KB (475 words) - 16:59, 6 April 2024
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    Robert Swan (category Explorers of Antarctica)
    walk to both poles. He is currently an advocate for the protection of Antarctica and renewable energy. Swan is also the founder of 2041, a company which...
    22 KB (2,418 words) - 08:54, 7 May 2024
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    it the new name P. antarctica. However, this is an orthographic error due to the disagreement in Latin grammar between antarctica and its assigned genus...
    12 KB (1,166 words) - 06:12, 23 February 2024
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    Vinson Massif (/ˈvɪnsən mæˈsiːf/) is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is 21 km (13 mi) long and 13 km (8 mi) wide and lies within the Sentinel...
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  • privately funded organization that would serve as a clearinghouse of information about Antarctica. He noted that public interest was at a fever pitch and there...
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