Antarctic circumpolar current
an ocean current flowing from west to east around antarctica.
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- Antarctic continent
. the continent surrounding the south pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. about 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). historical examples wilkes was the first to discover the so-called mainland of the antarctic continent, in january, 1840. wealth of the world’s waste places and oceania jewett castello gilson he had not perfectly proved […]
- Antarctic ocean
the waters surrounding antarctica, comprising the southernmost parts of the pacific, atlantic, and indian oceans. historical examples his explorations in the antarctic ocean showed a hardihood and determination seldom surp-ssed. captain cook w.h.g. kingston some geologists said this accounted for the greater depth of the antarctic ocean. the moon metal garrett p. serviss this awful […]
- Antarctic peninsula
a peninsula in antarctica, s of south america. noun the largest peninsula of antarctica, between the weddell sea and the pacific: consists of graham land in the north and the palmer peninsula in the south former name (until 1964) palmer peninsula
- Antarctic plate
a major tectonic division of the earth’s crust, comprising antarctica and adjacent ocean basins (the south indian, southeast pacific, and atlantic-indian basins) and bounded on the north by the nazca, south american, african, indo-australian, and pacific plates.
- Antarctic zone
the section of the earth’s surface lying between the antarctic circle and the south pole.