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- Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...ica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀν&tau...
6: ...ce to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: With an [[area]] of 13,200,000 km², Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]]...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
40: ...liam S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
85: ...], (1790-1842), explorer of the [[Pacific]] and [[Antarctica]]
179: ...[[Douglas Mawson]] - [[Australia]]n explorer of [[Antarctica]] - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: [[Image:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on...
10: ... Polar regions, he sailed along a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|A...
14: ...mps-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is also named after him. - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Orchin_P622.jpg|250px|Phalaenopsis hybrid]] | caption = Orchid}}
21: ...ts are [[cosmopolitan]] in distribution, except [[Antarctica]] and deserts. The great majority are to be found...
44: [[Image:Orchid_3115D.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Orchid Stem. Image provided by ...
63: [[Image:Orchinds_85575A.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Orchid|Image provided by [http:...
76: [[Image:Orchid_3104D.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Orchid|Image provided by [http:... - Liver (11441 bytes)
89: ...e [[toxic]], particularly in polar animals; the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] explorers [[Douglas Mawson]] and [[Xa... - Continent (6440 bytes)
1: [[Image:Continents_12.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
10: # [[Antarctica]] on the [[Antarctic Plate]]
18: [[Image:Cross_section_Earth2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classr...
25: ..., [[Asia]], Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, and Australia.
26: * 6 regions: Europe, Asia, Africa, [[America]], Antarctica, and Australia. - Glaciology (3787 bytes)
18: ...nd today, only in high latitudes ([[Greenland]]/[[Antarctica]]), thousands of square kilometers in area and th... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
69: *[[Antarctic Plate]], covering [[Antarctica]] - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
10: [[Image:Seven_continents_map.jpg|right|350px|Portrayal of shifting continents]]
14: ...locations in [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Antarctica]]. There is also living evidence - the same anima... - Earth (30908 bytes)
104: [[Image:Earth_satellite_plane.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A [[plate carr饠projection]] o...
163: [[Image:Earth-Moon.jpg|thumb|center|499px|Earth and Moon to scale (click...
172: ...]) ([[:Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-2m.jpg|Large 2 MB)]]]]
249: [[Image:Earthlights dmsp.jpg|333px|thumb|right|Earth at night, composite of pi...
264: ...s the [[Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station]], in [[Antarctica]], almost exactly at the [[South Pole]]. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: [[Image:Volcano2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by...
3: [[Image:Mahameru-volcano.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Smoking Bromo and Semeru volcan...
9: [[Image:Mauna loa.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Eruption of [[Mauna Loa]], Marc...
14: [[Image:Shield volcano.jpg|thumb|Shield volcano structure]]
17: [[Image:Cinder cone volcano.jpg|thumb|Cinder cone volcano structure]] - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: [[Image:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
23: ...0px|Africa in the [[Blue marble]] picture, with [[Antarctica]] to the south, and the [[Sahara]] and [[Arabian ...
32: [[Image:Afryka 1890.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Map of Africa 1890]]
179: [[Image:topography_of_africa.jpg|thumb|310px|Altitude map of Africa]] - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...ica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀν&tau...
6: ...ce to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: With an [[area]] of 13,200,000 km², Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]]... - Antarctic Plate (528 bytes)
2: ...[tectonic plate]] covering the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]] and extending outward under the surrounding [[O... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
274: == [[Antarctica]] == - Argentina (30219 bytes)
44: ...up> Argentina also claims 1,000,000 km² of [[Antarctica]], the [[Falkland Islands|Falkland (Malvinas) Isl...
85: ...nces.png|framed|Provinces of Argentina. Argentine Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands (23) not shown.]] - Ant (13019 bytes)
21: ... of ants is vast, covering every continent except Antarctica. Each species has adapted to specific environment...
23: ...ge:Red-ant-with-a-long-antennae-on-its-head-57556.jpg|400px|right|thumb|red ant with a long-antennae cl...
43: [[Image: ants.jpg|400px|right|Fire ants, originally from South Amer...
74: [[Image:ants2.jpg|thumb|350px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
105: ...mage of an ant head'' ([[Media:SEM ant head 750px.jpg|larger version]])</center> - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
17: [[Image:Dinosaur_bird_flying.jpg |thumb|300px|left|Tenontosaurus and deinonych]]
20: ...s, including [[South America]], [[Madagascar]], [[Antarctica]], and most significantly the discovery of amazin...
25: [[Image:Allosaurus_clipart_aca.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Allosaurus Image provided by <br...
44: [[Image:Diplodocus carnegii statue.jpg|thumb|156px|left|A statue of ''[[Diplodocus|Diplo...
112: ...imates, of [[polar dinosaurs in Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], where they experienced a six-month chilly and ... - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
56: [[Image:Kreda.jpg|right|320px|thumb|Late Cretaceous world, 94 Ma]]
57: ...fted westwards, [[Gondwana]] itself broke up as [[Antarctica]] and [[Australia]] rifted away from [[Africa]] (... - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: [[Image:Valley_of_kings_egypt.jpg|thumb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image pro...
2: [[Image:Egypt_1.jpg|thumb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image p...
55: The [[Dry Valley]]s of [[Antarctica]] have been ice-free for thousands of years. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
43: ... time ([[Greenland]]'s [[ice sheet]] and all of [[Antarctica]]—Britain specifies UTC − 3 for the [...
53: Stations in [[Antarctica]] generally keep the time of their supply bases, ... - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
154: ** [[Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]...
10: [[image:Lava tube at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Mo...
22: [[Image:Ice cave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier, [...
34: [[Image:HallOfTheMountainKings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Speleothem]]s in Hall of the ...
40: ...re sparse in [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Antarctica]], but are found widely in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], ... - Climate (3049 bytes)
24: * [[Climate of Antarctica]] - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
63: ...s]] diversify. First grasses. Reglaciation of [[Antarctica]]; start of current ice age. - Human (48024 bytes)
78: [[Image:Two young girls at Camp Christmas Seals.jpg|thumb|250px|Two young girls]]
96: [[Image:skeleton.jpg|thumbnail|130px|left|A [[human skeleton]]]]
122: [[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian M...
156: ...t few decades, humans have been able to explore [[Antarctica]], the [[ocean]] depths, and [[space colonization...
164: ...d ecological system]]s in hostile environments ([[Antarctica]], [[outer space]]) is expensive, typically limit... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: [[image:Darlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the ...
66: [[image:Brocchinea.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Brocchinia]]'': a carnivorou...
105: on all the continents except the [[Antarctica|Antarctic mainland]]. They are probably at their
162: [[image:Genlisearepens1web.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Genlisea]]'': carnivorous p...
182: [[image:Roridula_gorgonias.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Roridula]]'': a borderline c... - India (27950 bytes)
19: [[image:Sanchi2.jpg|thumb|270px|The [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanch...
20: [[Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[H...
53: India had two scientific bases in [[Antarctica]] – [[Dakshin Gangotri]] and [[Maitri]], bu...
58: [[image:Yumthanghimalayas.jpg|thumb|270px|The [[Himalaya]] stretch from [[Jammu...
68: [[Image:InfosysHQFrontView.jpg|thumb|270px|[[Information Technology]] is one of ... - Season (10047 bytes)
22: ...e South Pole is in the middle of the continent of Antarctica, and therefore a considerable distance from the m... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Cour...
15: ...pportunity/20041213a/merb_sol290_clouds-B313R1_br.jpg] of water-ice that were photographed by the Oppor...
20: ...:nasa_mars_opportunity_rock_water_150_eng_02mar04.jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock forms indicating past...
35: [[Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Topographic map of Mars, courtes... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Bluewhale877.jpg|250px]] | caption = The world's largest animal}}
20: ...he North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and one in [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] waters. Blue Whales found in the [[In...
43: [[Image:Whale_comparison.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Size comparison chart]]
78: [[Image:BlueWhaleSkeleton.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Blue whale skeleton, outside ... - Tundra (7482 bytes)
2: [[Image:AKI4-493-a.jpg|thumb|250px|Arctic tundra on [[Wrangel Island]], ...
8: [[Image:Nb_caribou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tundra coastal vegetation in Al...
25: [[Image:Musk_Ox.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tundra on the Kerguelen Islands...
27: ... rock and soil around the shore of the continent. Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair...
31: The flora and fauna of Antarctica and the Antarctic Islands (south of 60° south la... - Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
2: ...tion = Juvenile cephalopod from [[plankton]]<br>[[Antarctica]]}} - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
7: ... South Pole]], which is on the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]].
20: ...cairn Island]] in the north, [[Marie Byrd Land]] (Antarctica) in the south, [[Chatham Island]] in the West, an...
21: ...st land is the uninhabited [[Queen Maud Land]], [[Antarctica]], over 1600 km away to the south.
45: ==[[Antarctica]]==
46: *[[Extreme points of Antarctica]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait...
10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundla...
41: Cook almost discovered the mainland of [[Antarctica]], but turned back north towards Tahiti to resupp... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
1: [[Image:RoaldAmundsen.JPG|thumb|Roald Amundsen]]
10: ...p the [[Belgica]] became the first to winter in [[Antarctica]]. Also on board was an American doctor, [[Freder...
17: [[Image:Nlc_amundsen.jpg|right|250px|Roald Amundsen]]
18: ...]]'s ship ''[[Fram]]'' ("Forward") he set out for Antarctica instead in [[1910]].
34: [[Image:Amundsen-in-ice.jpg|thumb|Source: NOAA]] - Ice age (15810 bytes)
2: ...s in CO2, temperature and dust from the [[Vostok, Antarctica|Vostok]] ice core over the last 400 000 years]]
20: ...lion years ago with the growth of an ice sheet in Antarctica, but intensified during the [[Pleistocene]] (star...
22: ...through time. Due to the positions of Greenland, Antarctica, and the northern portions of Europe, Asia, and N...
51: [[Image:Pleistocene north ice map.jpg|thumb|right|The maximum extent of glacial ice in ... - Glacier (6999 bytes)
1: [[Image:pasterze.glacier.1.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Austria's longest glacier, the ...
9: [[Image:Glacier_Alaska.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Exit Glacier, Alaska, Kenai Fjor...
15: [[Image:glacier.swiss.500pix.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Upper Grindelwald Glacier a...
23: [[Image:Argentina-Perito_Moreno-Glacier.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Patagonia, Argentina - Perito-Mo...
25: ...as one approaches the poles. [[Greenland]] and [[Antarctica]] are heavily glaciated, to the point of being al... - Continental divide (2798 bytes)
12: Every continent except for [[Antarctica]] has a continental divide. - Platypus (21900 bytes)
2: ...obox_image | image = [[Image:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg|200px]]| caption = Platypus}}
23: [[Image:Tak_platypus.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Platypus Image provided by [http...
79: ...stralia, while the two continents were joined via Antarctica. In summary, the platypus is one of the closest r... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: [[Image:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an ima...
137: ==== Antarctica ====
138: ...t thickness mismatches and the mismatches between Antarctica's ice sheet thickness and annual snowfall, new me...
143: [[Image:Nemo_Aronax_Atlantis.jpg|thumb|Professor Aronnax and [[captain Nemo]] visi... - Petroglyph (5591 bytes)
1: [[Image:Petrolyphs2.jpg|thumb|250px|Petroglyphs on the Big Island, Hawaii...
2: [[Image:Petrolyphs.jpg|thumb|250px|Petroglyphs on the Big Island, Hawaii...
3: ...]][[image:Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point-4-750px.JPG|thumb|250px|Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point]]
4: [[Image:Haljesta.jpg|thumb|250px|Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (H䬪est...
13: ...glyphs have been found on all continents except [[Antarctica]] with highest concentration in [[Africa]], [[Sca... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
2: [[image:shackleton_ernest.jpg|thumb|center||Ernest Henry Shackleton]]
4: [[Image:Discoveryboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Discovery]]
6: ...on, Shackleton made the first balloon flight over Antarctica]]
8: [[Image:nimrod1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Four men from Nimrod (left to r...
26: ...tish Antarctic Expedition" (1907–1909) to [[Antarctica]]. The primary and stated goal was to reach the [... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
62: [[Image:Vostok 420ky 4curves insolation.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Solar variation]] and [[green...
144: ...reased over northern mid- to high latitudes and [[Antarctica]] in winter. At low latitudes there are both regi...
219: *[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/vostok.html NOAA Paleoclimatology Program ... - Lake (11397 bytes)
17: [[Lake Vostok]] is an under-ice lake in [[Antarctica]], possibly the largest in the world. The pressur... - Alaskan Malamute (6961 bytes)
6: |[[Image:Alaskan Malamute 600.jpg|250px|thumb|none|]]
70: ... of these same dogs were used on an expedition to Antarctica. They served and then, due to some bureaucratic d...
72: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]] - Chile (39914 bytes)
10: image_coat = Chile COA.jpg |
48: ...lude 1,250,000 km² of claimed territory in [[Antarctica]]
62: [[Image:Santiago_chile_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
70: [[Image:Ohiggins.jpg|thumb|Bernardo O'Higgins]]
75: [[Image:CHILE_054A.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by [http://clas... - Big cat (1404 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]]. [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]] have no [[indigenous]] species of big cats. Lik...
2: [[Image:LA1_082A.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Image provided by [http://class... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...g Sea]] in the [[Arctic]] to the icy margins of [[Antarctica]]'s [[Ross Sea]] in the south (although the Antar... - Reptile (14659 bytes)
1: [[Image:Snake-at-bangkok-snake-farm-4791.jpg|500px|right]]
4: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Turtle_4.jpg|280px|Testudo hermanni boettgeri]] | caption = Ea...
30: ...iles are found on all [[continent]]s except for [[Antarctica]], although their main distribution comprises the...
37: [[Image:Snake_8_107.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
47: [[Image:Eastern-diamondback-snake-photo-4117.jpg|550px|center]] - Penguin (7847 bytes)
3: ...axobox_image | image = [[image:penguin-thumbnail1.jpg|Penguins]] | caption = }}
19: ...e feeding. Actually, most penguins do not live in Antarctica; only a few species do. The others live further n...
27: [[image:penguin.jackass.arp.500pix.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[African Penguin|African]] (or...
49: [[Image:Gay penguins NY Zoo.jpg|right|frame|'''Squawk and Milou'''<br> Male chins...
54: [[Image:penguinu.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Chinstrap Penguin]] hunting f...
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