- Antarctica - Wikipedia
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique (' opposite to the Arctic ') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus (' opposite to the north ')
- Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, Facts | Britannica
Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5 5 million square miles (14 2 million square km) in size It is divided into East Antarctica (largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (an archipelago of ice-covered mountainous islands)
- Antarctica - Education | National Geographic Society
The continent of Antarctica makes up most of the Antarctic region The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere encompassed by the Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the world’s oceans The Antarctic covers approximately 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere
- Antártida - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
La Antártida, Antártica [2] o continente antártico (del adjetivo latino antarcticus, y este a su vez del griego ανταρκτικός, antarktikós, «opuesto al Ártico»), es el continente más austral de la Tierra
- What Is Antarctica? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Antarctica is a continent Antarctica covers Earth's South Pole What can NASA learn about Earth from studying Antarctica? NASA uses satellites to study the ice on Antarctica and how the continent is changing
- Antarctic - Wikipedia
A map of the Antarctic region, including the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south The Antarctic Plate The Antarctic ( æ n ˈ t ɑːr (k) t ɪ k , US also æ n t ˈ ɑːr (k) t ɪ k ; commonly æ n ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k ) [Note 1] is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle It is diametrically opposite of the Arctic region
- Hallazgo impresionante en la Antártida: científicos revelaron un mundo . . .
Hallazgo impresionante en la Antártida: científicos revelaron un mundo oculto bajo el hielo Montañas, valles, lagos y ríos ocultos yacen bajo la gruesa capa de hielo de la Antártida Los cambios en esos ríos ocultos podrían tener consecuencias globales dramáticas
- Antártida - Información, clima, relieve, fauna y características
Te explicamos todo sobre la Antártida, su clima, flora, fauna y otras características Además, los países que conforman el Tratado Antártico El 98 % del territorio de la Antártida está cubierto de hielo ¿Qué es la Antártida? La Antártida es el cuarto continente más grande del planeta y el más austral (al sur)
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