Antarctica

East Antarctica

East Antarctica is the part of that falls in the Eastern Hemisphere, east of the arbitrary line of 0° longitude on the South Africa-facing side down to the South Pole then 180° on the Australia-facing side.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: part of Antarctica that lies within the Eastern Hemisphere
  • Also known as: “East Antarctica (or Greater Antarctica)” and “Greater Antarctica”

East Antarctica

Latitude of center
-80° or 80° south
Longitude of center
90° east
Elevation
3,798 metres (12,461 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11370479890
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
6632511
Wiki­data ID
Q866405
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Satellite Map

Discover East Antarctica from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“East Antarctica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شرق القارة القطبية الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Անտարկտիդա”
  • Asturian: “Antártida Oriental”
  • Asturian: “L’Antártida Oriental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Antarktida”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Antartika”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Антарктыда”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব অ্যান্টার্কটিকা”
  • Bosnian: “Istočni Antarktik”
  • Catalan: “Antàrtida Oriental”
  • Catalan: “Gran Antàrtida”
  • Chinese: “东南极洲”
  • Chinese: “东部南极洲”
  • Chinese: “南極洲東部”
  • Chinese: “大南极洲”
  • Chinese: “大南極洲”
  • Chinese: “東南極洲”
  • Chinese: “東部南極洲”
  • Czech: “Východní Antarktida”
  • Dutch: “Groot-Antarctica”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Antarctica”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Antarktio”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Antarkto”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Etelämanner”
  • French: “Antarctique oriental”
  • French: “Antarctique orientale”
  • French: “Est Antarctique”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ანტარქტიდა”
  • German: “Großantarktika”
  • German: “Ostantarktika”
  • German: “Ostantarktis”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Ανταρκτική”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח אנטארקטיקה”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी अंटार्कटिका”
  • Indonesian: “Antarktika Timur”
  • Italian: “Antartide Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Antartide orientale”
  • Italian: “Antartide Orientale”
  • Japanese: “東南極”
  • Japanese: “東南極クラトン”
  • Korean: “대남극”
  • Korean: “동남극”
  • Latvian: “Austrumantarktīda”
  • Low German: “Oostantarktika”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ostantarktika”
  • Macedonian: “Источен Антарктик”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Antarktis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Antarktis”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Antarktis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Antartic Orientau”
  • Persian: “جنوبگان خاوری”
  • Polish: “Antarktyda Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Antártica Maior”
  • Portuguese: “Antártida Maior”
  • Portuguese: “Antártida Oriental”
  • Russian: “Восточная Антарктида”
  • Slovak: “Východná Antarktída”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna Antarktika”
  • Spanish: “Antartida Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Antártida Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Östantarktis”
  • Swiss German: “Ostantarktika”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ostantarktika”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Antarktika”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна Антарктида”
  • Venetian: “Antàrtede orientałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông châu Nam Cực”
  • Wu Chinese: “東南極洲”
  • Yue Chinese: “南極洲東部”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “East Antarctica”. Photo: Matthieu.weber, Public domain.