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Antarctica (/æntˈɑrtɨkə/ or /ænˈtɑːktɨkə/) is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded...
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Bouvetøya, anglicized as Bouvet Island, is an uninhabited Subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean. Lying at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is the most remote island in the world. The...
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| x French Southern Territories |
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The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, abbreviated TAAF), full name Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises),...
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| x Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
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The Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI) are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is 372 square...
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The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite...
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The Thwaites Ice Tongue (74°00′S 108°30′W / -74, -108.5) is a large sheet of glacial ice and snow extending from the Antarctic mainland into the southern Amundsen Sea.
On 15 March 2002, the National Ice Center reported that an iceberg named B-22...
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Mount Erebus (English pronunciation: /ˈɛrɨbəs/) is the second highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), and the 6th highest ultra mountain on an island. With a summit elevation of 3,794 metres (12,448 ft), it is located on Ross Island,...
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Peter I Island (Norwegian: Peter I Øy) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, 450 kilometres (280 mi) from Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway, and along with Queen Maud Land and Bouvet Island comprises one of...
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| x Deception Island |
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Deception Island is an island in South Shetland off the Antarctic Peninsula, which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica. The island is the caldera of an active volcano, which caused serious damage to the local scientific stations in 1967 and...
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| x Vinson Massif |
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Vinson Massif ( /ˈvɪnsən mæˈsiːf/) is the highest mountain of Antarctica, lying in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, which stand above the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about 1,200...
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| x Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station |
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The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is the American scientific research station at the Geographic South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9301 feet)...
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| x Beardmore Glacier |
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The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest glaciers in the world, with a length exceeding 160 km (100 mi). The glacier is one of the main passages from the Ross Ice Shelf through the Queen Alexandra and Commonwealth ranges of the...
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Mount Terror is a large shield volcano that forms the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica. It has numerous cinder cones and domes on the flanks of the shield and is mostly under snow and ice. It is the second largest of the four volcanoes which...
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| x Ellsworth Mountains |
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The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a 360 km (224 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by...
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Mount Tyree (4852m) is the second highest mountain of Antarctica located 13 kilometres northwest of Vinson Massif (4,892 m), the highest peak on the continent.
Mt. Tyree was discovered in January 1958 during reconnaissance flights by the United...
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Mount Jackson is a massive mountain that dominates the upland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It rises to a majestic summit peak on south and east, while the north flank is occupied by a vast cirque. Alternate names for the mountain...
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Mount Markham is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of Antarctica's Markham Plateau. The main peak has an elevation of 4,350 metres (14,272 ft) and the lower sub-peak is 4,280 metres (14,042 ft) high. Discovered by the British National...
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| x Mount Kirkpatrick |
Mount Kirkpatrick is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Antarctica's Queen Alexandra Range. Located 8 km (5 mi) west of Mount Dickerson, Mt. Kirkpatrick is the highest point in the Queen Alexandra Range, as well as in its parent range, the...
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| x Mount Dickerson |
Mount Dickerson is a prominent mountain, standing 6 km (4 mi) east of Mount Kirkpatrick in the Queen Alexandra Range in East Antarctica. The mountain was named by US-ACAN for LCDR Richard G. Dickerson, US Navy, VX-6 aircraft commander during US...
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| x Mount Nansen |
Mount Nansen is a prominent mountain, surmounting the steep eastern escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, 17 km (11 mi) south of Mount Baxter, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), and named for Fridtjof...
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| x Mount Baxter |
Mount Baxter is a large buttress-type mountain, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land.
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901...
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| x Transantarctic Mountains |
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The three largest mountain ranges on the Antarctic continent are the Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM), the West Antarctica Ranges, and the East Antarctica Ranges. The Transantarctic Mountains compose a mountain range in Antarctica which...
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| x Mount Parker |
Mount Parker is a bluff-type mountain along the western side of Nash Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The area was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. The name Mount Parker was given to a mountain in this general...
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| x Admiralty Mountains |
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The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and...
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| x Queen Elizabeth Range |
The Queen Elizabeth Range (83°20′S 161°30′E / 83.333°S 161.5°E / -83.333; 161.5) is a rugged mountain range in Antarctica paralleling the eastern side of Marsh Glacier for nearly 160 km (100 mi) from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in...
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The Geologists Range is a mountain range about 55 km (34 mi) long, standing between the heads of Lucy and Nimrod Glaciers in Antarctica. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and...
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| x Miller Range |
The Miller Range (83°15′S 157°00′E / 83.25°S 157°E / -83.25; 157) is a mountain range extending south from Nimrod Glacier for 80 km (50 mi) along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" (now Sir J. Holmes) Miller...
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| x Shackleton Range |
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising at Holmes Summit to 1,875 metres (6,152 ft), it extends in an east-west direction for about 160 kilometres (99 mi) between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers.
The range was named after...
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| x Recovery Glacier |
The Recovery Glacier (81°10′S 28°00′W / 81.167°S 28°W / -81.167; -28) is a glacier flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the Commonwealth Trans...
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| x Skelton Glacier |
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Skelton Glacier 78°41′37″S 161°38′33″E / 78.6935°S 161.6424°E / -78.6935; 161.6424 is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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| x Mount Black Prince |
Mount Black Prince is a mountain composed of dark colored rock, which tends to create an imposing appearance. Located 6 km (4 mi) west of Mount Ajax in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand GSAE, 1957–58, for its appearance and also for the New...
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| x Mount Ajax |
Mount Ajax is a mountain rising 1.5 km (1 mi) WSW of Mount Royalist in the Admiralty Mountains, in East Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand GSAE, 1957–58, after HMNZS Ajax. The mountain is one of several in this area named for New Zealand ships.
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| x Mount Royalist |
Mount Royalist is a prominent mountain standing 3 km (2 mi) west of Mount Adam in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand GSAE, 1957–58, for its impressive appearance and also for the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Royalist. Several adjacent peaks are...
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| x Mount Adam |
Mount Adam is a mountain situated 4 km (2.5 mi) WNW of Mount Minto in the Admiralty Mountains. Discovered in January 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross who named this feature for Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty.
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| x Lucy Glacier |
The Lucy Glacier is a wide glacier which flows southeast from the Antarctic polar plateau, between Laird Plateau and McKay Cliffs, into Nimrod Glacier. It is named after W.R. Lucy, surveyor with 1963-64 Scott Base projects, who wintered over in 1964...
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| x Queen Alexandra Range |
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in find East Antarctica, about 160 km (100 mi) long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include...
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| x Canada Glacier |
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The Canada Glacier is a small polar glacier flowing southeast into the northern side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land in Antarctica.
Canada Glacier's seasonal melting feeds Lake Fryxell to the West and Lake Hoare to the East.
This glacier receives...
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| x Commonwealth Glacier |
Commonwealth Glacier is a glacier which flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 ...
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| x Horlick Mountains |
The Horlick Mountains are a mountain range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica, lying eastward of Reedy Glacier and including the Wisconsin Range, Long Hills and Ohio Range.
The mountains were discovered in two observations by the Byrd...
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| x Wisconsin Range |
The Wisconsin Range (85°45′S 125°00′W / 85.75°S 125°W / -85.75; -125) is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu...
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| x Ohio Range |
The Ohio Range (84°45′S 114°00′W / 84.75°S 114°W / -84.75; -114) is a mountain range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It is about 48 km (30 mi) long and 16 km (10 mi) wide, extending WSW-ENE from Eldridge Peak to Mirsky Ledge. The...
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The Thiel Mountains are an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range in Antarctica which are 72 km (45 mi) long. The mountains are located roughly between the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains, and extend from Moulton Escarpment on the...
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| x Pensacola Mountains |
The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks in Antarctica, extending 450 km (280 mi) in a NE-SW direction, comprising the Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo...
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| x Argentina Range |
The Argentina Range is a mountain range of rock peaks and bluffs, 42 miles (68 km) long, lying 35 mi (56 km) east of the northern part of Forrestal Range in the northeastern portion of the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and...
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| x Forrestal Range |
The Forrestal Range (83°00′S 049°30′W / 83°S 49.5°W / -83; -49.5) is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about 105 km (65 mi) long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and...
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| x Neptune Range |
The Neptune Range is a mountain range, 112 km (70 mi) long, lying WSW of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. The range is composed of Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the...
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| x Patuxent Range |
The Patuxent Range is a major range of the Pensacola Mountains, comprising the Thomas Hills, Anderson Hills, Mackin Table and various nunataks and ridges bounded by the Foundation Ice Stream, Academy Glacier and the Patuxent Ice Stream. Discovered...
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The Theron Mountains (79°05′S 028°15′W / 79.083°S 28.25°W / -79.083; -28.25) are a group of mountains, extending in a NE-SW direction for 45 kilometres (28 mi) and rising 1,175 metres (3,855 ft), on the eastern side of the Filchner Ice Shelf....
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| x Reedy Glacier |
The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 160 km (100 mi) long and from 10 to 19 km (6 to 12 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range, and marking the limits of...
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| x Queen Maud Mountains |
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The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau...
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| x Eisenhower Range |
The Eisenhower Range is a mountain range, about 72 km (45 mi) long and rising to 3,070 m (10,072 ft), which rises between Reeves Névé on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land, Antarctica...
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| x Sentinel Range |
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The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about 185 km (115 mi) and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide....
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| x Leverett Glacier |
Leverett Glacier in Antarctica is about 80 km (50 mi) long and 4 to 6 km (3 to 4 mi) wide, draining northward from the Watson Escarpment, between the California and Stanford Plateaus, and then trending WNW between the Tapley Mountains and Harold...
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| x Tapley Mountains |
The Tapley Mountains (85°45′S 149°00′W / 85.75°S 149°W / -85.75; -149) is a mountain range fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for 56 kilometres (35 mi) between Leverett and Albanus glaciers in the Queen Maud...
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| x Mount Regina |
Mount Regina is a mountain standing 16 km (10 mi) WNW of Mount LeResche in the southern part of the Everett Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy photography, 1960-63.
Named by US-ACAN for Thomas J. Regina, Photographer's Mate, US Navy,...
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| x Everett Range |
Everett Range is a rugged, mainly ice-covered mountain range nearly 60 miles (97 km) long between Greenwell Glacier and Ebbe Glacier in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mountains of the range include Mount Regina (2,080 metres (6,820 ft))....
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| x Mount Summerson |
Mount Summerson is a mountain surmounting the northern end of Endurance Cliffs in the Geologists Range of Antarctica. Mapped by USGS from Tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Charles H. Summerson, USARP geologist...
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| x Mount Weaver |
Mount Weaver is a mountain standing 3 km west of Mount Wilbur at the head of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud region of the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and ascended in December 1934 by members of the Byrd AE geological...
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| x Britannia Range |
The Britannia Range is an Antarctic mountain range bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under...
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| x Churchill Mountains |
The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica. Several of its highest summits, including Mounts Egerton, Field, Nares, Wharton and Albert Markham...
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