antarctic continent

Noun
  1. An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle;
    Covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep (synset 109220984)
    "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"
    is an instance of: continent - one of the large landmasses of the earth
    has:
    • adelie coast, adelie land, terre adelie - a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
    • coats land - a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea
    • enderby land - a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia
    • queen maud land - a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway
    • south pole - the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
    • victoria land - a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land
    • wilkes land - a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia
    • admiralty range - mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land
    • antarctic peninsula, palmer peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
    • ross sea - an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
    is a part of: antarctic, antarctic zone, south frigid zone - the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
    same as: antarctica

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