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"text": "the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period <br><br>mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water); if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)"
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"Map description": {
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"text": "<p>Map of Antarctica showing the continent and its major regions (Lands) surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Also shown are two of the US research stations, McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott, not shown is Palmer Station located on the Antarctic Peninsula. </p>"
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"text": "almost entirely covered by glacial ice (93%); declared a nature reserve by Norway; the distance from Bouvet Island to Norway is 12,776 km, which is almost one-third the circumference of the earth"
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"text": "<p>Bouvet Island map showing the island – a territory of Norway – situated in the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>"
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"text": "<p>islands' component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean</p><p><strong>Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):</strong> atoll is a circular reef atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano; </p><p><strong>Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea turtles; </p><p><strong>Glorioso Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system; </p><p><strong>Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises)</p>"
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"text": "<p>French Southern and Antarctic Lands map showing the many scattered Indian Ocean islands that make up French territory in the South Pacific Ocean. The French Antarctic claim is not shown.</p>"
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"text": "Mawson Peak on Heard Island is the highest Australian mountain (at 2,745 meters, it is taller than Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia proper), and one of only two active volcanoes located in Australian territory, the other being McDonald Island; in 1992, McDonald Island broke its dormancy and began erupting; it has erupted several times since, most recently in 2005"
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"text": "<p>Heard Island and McDonald Islands map shows the position of this Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.</p>"
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