West Antarctica

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

West Antarctica

Latitude of center
-80° or 80° south
Longitude of center
-90° or 90° west
Elevation
2,042 metres (6,699 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11370451411
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
6627952
Wiki­data ID
Q530917
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“West Antarctica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرب القارة القطبية الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Անտարկտիդա”
  • Armenian: “Փոքր Անտարկտիդա”
  • Asturian: “Antártida Occidental”
  • Asturian: “L’Antártida Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Antarktida”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Antartika”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Антарктыда”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম অ্যান্টার্কটিকা”
  • Bosnian: “Donji Antarktik”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna Antarktika”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadni Antarktik”
  • Catalan: “Antàrtida Occidental”
  • Chinese: “南極洲西部”
  • Chinese: “西部南极洲”
  • Czech: “Západní Antarktida”
  • Dutch: “West-Antarctica”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Antarktio”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Antarkto”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Etelämanner”
  • French: “Antarctique occidental”
  • Galician: “Antártida Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ანტარქტიდა”
  • German: “Westantarktika”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Ανταρκτική”
  • Hebrew: “אנטארקטיקה הקטנה”
  • Hebrew: “מערב אנטארקטיקה”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी अंटार्कटिका”
  • Indonesian: “Antarktika Barat”
  • Italian: “Antartide Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “南極西部”
  • Japanese: “西南極”
  • Korean: “서남극”
  • Latvian: “Rietumantarktīda”
  • Low German: “Westantarktika”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westantarktika”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Антарктик”
  • Malayalam: “പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ അന്റാർട്ടിക്ക”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Antarktis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Antartic Occidentau”
  • Persian: “جنوبگان باختری”
  • Polish: “Antarktyda Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Antártida Ocidental”
  • Romanian: “Antarctica de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Antarctica Mică”
  • Romanian: “Antarctida Apuseană”
  • Russian: “Западная Антарктида”
  • Slovak: “Západná Antarktída”
  • Slovenian: “Mala Antarktika”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Antarktika”
  • Spanish: “Antartida Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Antártida Occidental”
  • Swedish: “Västantarktis”
  • Turkish: “Batı Antarktika”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Антарктида”
  • Urdu: “مغربی انٹارکٹکا”
  • Venetian: “Antàrtede Osidentałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây châu Nam Cực”
  • Yue Chinese: “南極洲西部”

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