Antarctic, The
The Antarctic is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Arctic land
- Description: polar region around Earth’s South Pole
- Also known as: “Antarctic”, “Antarctic Continent”, and “Antarctic Region”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Polheim and Jack F. Paulus Skiway.
Polheim
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Polheim was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp at the South Pole. He arrived there on 14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.
Jack F. Paulus Skiway
Aerodrome
Photo: JHG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jack F. Paulus Skiway is an airport located at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station at the South Pole. The station has a runway for aircraft, 3658 m / 12000 ft long.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a neutrino observatory developed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and constructed at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. IceCube Neutrino Observatory is situated 1 km northwest of Antarctic, The.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Village
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 4.0.
The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction of the United States.
Antarctic, The
- Categories: region, protected area, part of the world, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Antarctic, The” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Antarktis”
- Arabic: “المنطقة القطبية الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “منطقة متجمدة جنوبية”
- Armenian: “Անտարկտիկա”
- Azerbaijani: “Antarktika bölgəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Antarktika”
- Bashkir: “Антарктика”
- Basque: “Antartikako eskualdea”
- Bavarian: “Antarktis”
- Belarusian: “Антарктыка”
- Bengali: “কুমেরু অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Антарктика”
- Catalan: “regió antàrtica”
- Catalan: “Regió antàrtica”
- Central Kurdish: “ئانتارکتیک”
- Chinese: “Lâm-ke̍k-chiu”
- Chinese: “南极”
- Chinese: “南极地区”
- Chinese: “南極地區”
- Chuvash: “Антарктика”
- Dutch: “Antarctica”
- Dutch: “Zuidpoolgebied”
- Esperanto: “Antarkta regiono”
- Estonian: “Antarktika”
- Finnish: “Antarktis”
- French: “région antarctique”
- French: “Région antarctique”
- Georgian: “ანტარქტიკა”
- German: “Antarktis”
- Gothic: “𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌰”
- Greek: “Ανταρκτική”
- Gujarati: “એન્ટાર્કટીકા”
- Hebrew: “אנטרקטיקה”
- Hungarian: “Antarktisz”
- Hungarian: “Déli-sarkvidék”
- Igbo: “Antatika”
- Igbo: “Ogige Antatik”
- Iloko: “Antartiko”
- Indonesian: “Antarktik”
- Irish: “An Antartaice”
- Italian: “regione antartica”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Antaatika”
- Japanese: “南極”
- Kalaallisut: “Antarktis”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Antarktida”
- Kazakh: “Антарктика”
- Kirghiz: “Антарктика”
- Korean: “남극 지역”
- Korean: “남극지구”
- Latin: “Regio Antarctica”
- Latvian: “Antarktika”
- Lower Sorbian: “Antarktis”
- Luxembourgish: “Antarktis”
- Macedonian: “Антарктик”
- Macedonian: “Антарктика”
- Malay: “Antartik”
- Marathi: “अंटार्क्टिक”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-ke̍k-chiu”
- Moksha: “Антарктикась”
- Northern Frisian: “Antarktis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Antarktis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antarktika”
- Norwegian: “Antarktis”
- Obolo: “Antatika”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Region antartica”
- Pampanga: “Antartiku”
- Papiamento: “Antártika”
- Persian: “سرزمین جنوبگان”
- Persian: “سرزمین جنوبی”
- Polish: “Antarktyka”
- Portuguese: “Antártica (região)”
- Portuguese: “Antártica”
- Romanian: “Antarctica”
- Romanian: “regiunea antarctică”
- Russia Buriat: “Антарктика”
- Russian: “Антарктика”
- Scots: “Antarctic”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Antartaig”
- Silesian: “Antarktyka”
- Sinhala: “ඇන්ටාක්ටික්”
- Slovenian: “antarktično območje”
- Slovenian: “Antarktika”
- Slovenian: “južni pol”
- Slovenian: “južno polarno območje”
- Spanish: “Antártica”
- Spanish: “Antártida”
- Spanish: “Región antártica”
- Swedish: “Antarktis”
- Swiss German: “Antarktis”
- Tagalog: “Antartiko”
- Tajik: “Антарктика”
- Thai: “แอนตาร์กติก”
- Tosk Albanian: “Antarktis”
- Turkish: “Antarktik”
- Turkmen: “Antarktida”
- Udmurt: “Антарктика”
- Ukrainian: “Антарктика”
- Upper Sorbian: “Antarktis”
- Urdu: “انٹارکٹک”
- Uzbek: “Antarktika (qutb)”
- Uzbek: “Antarktika”
- Venetian: “rejon antàrtega”
- Vietnamese: “vùng Nam Cực”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Nam Cực”
- Võro: “Antarktiga”
- Welsh: “Yr Antarctig”
- Wu Chinese: “南极地区”
- Yoruba: “Antárktìkì”
- Yue Chinese: “南極地區”
- “Antarktiga”
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