antarctic peninsula in English

noun
1
a mountainous peninsula of Antarctica between the Bellingshausen and Weddell seas that extends northward toward Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands.

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1. The Antarctic Peninsula - is …

2. I'm trying to travel there to find 5, 000 year- old moss, which lives on the Antarctic Peninsula.

3. The Antarctic Peninsula in particular is a region that may be especially vulnerable to human disturbances in the coming decades, researchers say (Climatewire, Oct

4. Imperial Cormorants are marine birds found in cold Patagonian waters from southern Chile and Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula and islands such as the Falklands and South Georgia

5. The data come from matching archives of over 2000 aerial photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula to satellite images, and represent about three years of work by Alison Cook.

6. From October to February the weather moderates, but, except on the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches up to within 600 miles (966 kilometers) of South America, the temperature never goes above freezing.

7. New observations of "pack ice" killer whales roaming the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula show they dine almost exclusively on Weddell seals, which make up just 15 per cent of the seal population.

8. Antarctic Trip Highlights - Best Places to Travel in Antarctica The most popular regions for Antarctic cruises are the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea, Ross Sea, and the sub-Antarctic South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands, and The Falkland Islands