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1 day ago · Antarctica (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə / ⓘ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole.
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2 days ago · The Southern Ocean's greatest depth of 7,236 m (23,740 ft) occurs at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench, at 60°00'S, 024°W. The Antarctic continental shelf appears generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths up to 800 m (2,600 ft), compared to a global mean of 133 m (436 ft).
4 days ago · Antarctica is listed as a country by the German Weather Service in order to allocate the measuring stations there. It even has a domain ending (aq). Also, Antarctica has its own country codes according to ISO, STANAG, the United Nations and FIPS, which finally led to the fact that the ice masses have made it a "country" on Worlddata.info ...
3 days ago · The entire continent of Antarctica is a desert. As a matter of fact, it is the driest place on the planet. Most of its precipitation falls along the coastal areas where the average reaches 8 ...
3 days ago · How to get to Antarctica from Australia & New Zealand. Getting to Punta Arenas via Santiago: There are direct flights to Santiago from Auckland daily (approx. 11 hours) and from Sydney 4 times a week (approx. 12 hours). Once there, there are regular flights to Punta Arenas (approx. 3.5 hours).
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2 days ago · Oceania. Oceania, collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japan archipelago. The most popular usage delimits Oceania further by ...
4 days ago · Just 3,880 km due south of Perth, Casey is the closest permanent Antarctic station to Australia. Location: 66° 16′ 55″ S, 110° 31′ 36″ E (−66.2822, 110.5266) Casey local time: 7:21 am on 15 April 2024 ( UTC +8) Situated in an area of the low, rocky Windmill Islands and peninsulas, Casey is perched on the edge of the massive ...
