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4 days ago · Here is the answer for the crossword clue Earth's southernmost continent (10) featured on May 6, 2024. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 92% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ANTARCTICA. Crossword Answer:
1 day ago · The North and South Pole are the two coldest regions in the world. Connecting the North and South Pole by an imaginary line between them is the Earth’s axis, which is at a proportionate slant. The North Pole refers to the region of the Arctic at the top of the Earth, while the South Pole is a region in Antarctica at the bottom of the Earth.
5 days ago · The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and ...
2 days ago · Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration . Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo ...
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- Kathleen Shackleton (sister)
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5 days ago · The North Pole Arctic Circle is located at approximately 66.5 degrees north latitude, while the South Pole Antarctic Circle is located at approximately 66.5 degrees south latitude. These circles mark the northernmost and southernmost points where the sun can be seen continuously above or below the horizon for at least one day a year.
2 days ago · Southern Ocean, body of salt water covering the portions of the world ocean and tributary seas surrounding Antarctica below 60° S. Unbroken by any other continental landmass, its narrowest constriction is the Drake Passage, 600 miles wide, between South America and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
1 day ago · It is part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, an external territory. Australia has claims to over 40% of the Antarctic continent. Kaiser Wilhelm II Land was first explored by the German geologist, Erich von Drygalski, in 1902, and named after the German leader. Despite the name, Germany has not made any claims to any Antarctic territory.
