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| .aq | | Antarctica |
| Vostok, Antarctica | | Lowest Recorded Surface Temperature on Earth of -128.2F (1983) |
Night lasts for five months here
| Carney Island | | Antarctica |
8,500 km² (3,300 sq. miles). An ice-covered island 110 km long, with all but its North coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
| Modest Mouse | | The Moon & Antarctica (2000) |
| Mount Bird | | Antarctica |
Mount Bird was active between 3.8 and 4.6 million years ago.
| Mount Discovery | | Antarctica |
Mount Discovery formed about 5.3 million years ago. The youngest vents are 1.8 million years old.
| Mount Erebus | | Antarctica |
Erebus is an active volcano with a convecting lava lake within a summit crater. It has been continuously active since 1972.
| Esperanza Base Antarctica | | 63°24'S 56°59'W |
Argentina
| Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica | | 90°0'S 0°0'W |
United States
| Edward Bransfield | | To Discover the Continent of Antarctica |
1820
| Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | | To Completely Cross Antarctica on Foot |
2003
| Antarctic Peninsula | | Antarctica |
| Edward VII Peninsula | | Antarctica |
| Fletcher Peninsula | | Antarctica |
| Fowler Peninsula | | Antarctica |
| Martin Peninsula | | Antarctica |
| Lynne Cox | | Swimming to Antarctica |
2006, long distance swimming