Antarctica

:For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel)

Geography

Main article: Geography of Antarctica

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The continent of Antarctica is located mostly south of the Antarctic Circle, surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Physically Antarctica is divided in two by mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea. The portion of the continent west of the Weddell Sea and east of the Ross Sea is called Western Antarctica and the remainder Eastern Antarctica, since they correspond roughly to the eastern and western hemispheres relative to the Greenwich meridian. Western Antarctica is covered by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Related Topics:
Antarctic Circle - Southern Ocean - Mountains - Ross Sea - Weddell Sea - Continent - Western Antarctica - Eastern Antarctica - Greenwich meridian - West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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See also:

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Extreme points of Antarctica

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Antarctica territories

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