Antarctic Peninsula

Speech parts

1. Antarctic Peninsula - Noun

2. Antarctic Peninsula - Proper noun

Meaning

a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific

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Across the convert wide Drake Passage lie the mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula south of the Scotia Plate which appear to be a continuation of the Andes chain. Source: Internet

The remote Elephant Island is seen, in the Antarctic Peninsula. Source: Internet

After studying changes at more than 30 glaciers since 1992 in Western Palmer Land the southwestern corner of the Antarctic Peninsula they found ice loss has increased. Source: Internet

A humpback whale tail spotted off the Antarctic Peninsula. Source: Internet

Douglas Martinson, an oceanographer at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York, has documented this process on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, where crabs are invading. Source: Internet

An experienced climber and skier, he organized and led a yacht-based mountaineering expedition to an unclimbed peak on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1998. Source: Internet

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