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  • antarctic convergence

    the fairly well-defined boundary that exists between the cold antarctic waters and the warmer waters to the north and can be traced around the world.

  • antarctic zone

    the section of the earth's surface lying between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

  • graham land

    a part of the British Antarctic Territory, in the N section of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly the British name for the entire peninsula.

  • little america

    a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.

  • palmer archipelago

    a group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the NW coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • south orkney islands

    an uninhabited group of islands in the S Atlantic, southeast of Cape Horn: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962 (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 621 sq km (240 sq miles)
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