subantarctic
Adjective
Meaning
subantarctic (not comparable)
Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.
Synonym: notalian
Phrases with the word
Examples
The Kermadecs and the subantarctic islands are inhabited only by a small number of Department of Conservation staff.
Other species and vegetation communities found on subantarctic islands north of the Antarctic Convergence now absent from the Heard Island flora may colonise the island if climate change produces more favourable conditions.
Outlook One of the most rapidly changing physical settings in the subantarctic has been produced on Heard Island by a combination of rapid glacial recession and climate warming.
The fauna of the freshwater pools, lakes, streams and mires found in the coastal areas of Heard Island are broadly similar to those on other subantarctic islands of the southern Indian Ocean.
The species has a circumantarctic distribution and occurs on many subantarctic islands.
The wetlands provide important breeding and feeding habitat for a number of Antarctic and subantarctic wetland animals.