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Antarctica
The second smallest continent, mostly south of the Antarctic Circle. Area: 14.2 million sq. km (5.5 million sq. mi.). Geographic South Pole: Earth's southernmost point, at latitude 90°S,…Antarctica
(Encyclopedia) CE5 AntarcticaAntarcticaăntärkˈtĭkə, –ärˈtĭkə, the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely…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.Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Fuchs, Sir Vivian ErnestFuchs, Sir Vivian Ernestf&oobreve;ks [key], 1908–99, English geologist and explorer, b. Kent, educated at Cambridge. He was a geologist on expeditions to…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…polar exploration
(Encyclopedia) polar exploration: see Antarctica; Arctic, the.Trending
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