Antarctica

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• Antarctica — AntarcticaThe Argentine, British and Chilean claims all overlap, and have caused friction. Australia claims the largest area.Countries interested in participating in a possible territorial division of AntarcticaThis group of countries… …   Wikipedia

• Antarctica — continent name attributed to Scottish cartographer John George Bartholomew (1860 1920), who used it on a map published 1887. From ANTARCTIC (Cf. antarctic) (q.v.). Hypothetical southern continents had been imagined since antiquity; first sighting …   Etymology dictionary

• Antarctica — [ant ärk′ti kə, antär′ti kə] land area about the South Pole, completely covered by an ice shelf: c. 5,400,000 sq mi (13,985,000 sq km): sometimes called a continent …   English World dictionary

• Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …   Universalium

• Antarctica — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Antarctica <p></p> Background: <p></p> Speculation over the existence of a southern land was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial… …   The World Factbook

• Antarctica — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Antarctica – Gefangen im Eis Originaltitel Eight Below …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Antarctica —    The continent of Antarctica at the southern pole of the earth is last part of the globe to be conquered by humans. The earliest recorded sighting of the continent was made in 1820, as both British naval officers Edward Bransfield and William… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Antarctica — 南極物語 (Nankyoku Monogatari, lit. Historia en el Polo Sur , doblada en EE.UU. como Antarctica) es una película de Koreyoshi Kurahara para la que Vangelis compuso la banda sonora. Es de 1983. La música fue compuesta, arreglada, producida e… …   Wikipedia Español

• Antarctica — /æntˈaktɪkə/ (say ant ahktikuh) noun an ice covered continent around the South Pole; no indigenous inhabitants but research stations belonging to 12 nations, including Australia, have been established; regulated by Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Seven …  

• Antarctica — noun 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 Antarctica is twice the size of Australia • Syn: ↑Antarctic continent • Instance Hypernyms: ↑continent •… …   Useful english dictionary