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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. The name Antarctica is a romanized version of the Greek word meaning "Opposite of the Arctic". |
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Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica. |
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Paulet Island is a circular ice-free island. Elephant Island is an ice-covered island of the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. |
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Ross Island is an island formed by three volcanoes in the Ross Sea by Antarctica. Sir James Clark Ross discovered it in 1841, and it was later named in honour of him by Robert F. Scott. |
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Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of Antarctica. The summit was first reached in December 1966 by a group of climbers from the USA. |
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