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This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60° S are not asserted. [1]
1851 map of Pacific listing colonial names of individual islands. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Australia and the islands of the Pacific have been grouped by geographers into a region called Oceania. [17] [18] It is often used as a quasi-continent, with the Pacific Ocean being the defining characteristic. [19]
The ocean from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth. [86] In winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius. At some coastal ...
South Africa: Robert: South Shetland Islands: Claimed by: Argentine Antarctica, Argentina, Antártica Chilena Province of Chile, and British Antarctic Territory of the United Kingdom Isla Robertson: South Orkney Islands: Claimed by the: United Kingdom as part of the Falkland Islands and by Argentina: Robertson: Cumberland River, Tennessee
English short and formal names [20] Status Domestic short and formal names Capital Population Area [28] Cook Islands [22] Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship, but is independent in its internal affairs. English: Cook Islands Cook Islands Māori ...
Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; ... Islands of the Southern Ocean: Antarctica. ... List of archipelagos by number of islands; List of islands by name;
Amami Islands part of the Satsunan Islands part of the Ryukyu Islands Japan Amanu Tuamotus, French Polynesia France Ambae: Pacific Ocean Vanuatu: Ambergris Cay: Bahamas Bahamas: Amboyna Cay: Spratly Islands: Disputed between: China, Republic of China, Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, and Malaysia. Ambrym: New Hebrides Vanuatu: Ambu: Arabian Sea India
Antarctic melt stream. Antarctica is a desert, receiving very little annual precipitation. [1] However meltwater from the continent's ice features produce a number of rivers and streams. A list of these can be found at List of rivers of Antarctica