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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Antarctica ăntärkˈtĭkə, –ärˈtĭkə [key], the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely within the An...Vinson Massif
(Encyclopedia)Vinson Massif, peak, 16,860 ft (5,139 m) high, W Antarctica, in the Ellsworth Mts.; highest peak in Antarctica.Wilkes Land
(Encyclopedia)Wilkes Land: see Antarctica.George V Coast
(Encyclopedia)George V Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...Queen Mary Coast
(Encyclopedia)Queen Mary Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...Queen Maud Land
(Encyclopedia)Queen Maud Land, region: see Antarctica. ...Southern Ocean
(Encyclopedia)Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, name sometimes given to those parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans that surround Antarctica S of roughly 60°S. These waters are marked by the Antarctic...Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest
(Encyclopedia)Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest fo͝oks [key], 1908–99, English geologist and explorer, b. Kent, educated at Cambridge. He was a geologist on expeditions to Greenland (1929) and to Africa (1930–38). Afte...polar exploration
(Encyclopedia)polar exploration: see Antarctica; Arctic, the. ...polar regions
(Encyclopedia)polar regions: see Antarctica; Arctic, the. ...Browse by Subject
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