1) Antarctic Peninsula. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Antarctic Peninsula, glaciated mountain region of W Antarctica, extending c.1,200 mi (1,930 km) N toward South America; in the south, volcanic peaks rise to c.11,000...
2) Antarctic Circle. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.
2002
...Antarctic Circle An imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the South Pole. 1 The Antarctic Circle corresponds to the...
3) French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The World Factbook. 2003
...permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna. The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic...
4) Antarctic, Antarctica. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.
1993
...The Antarctic is another name for the ice-covered southernmost continent, Antarctica, and for the area in which it lies. Many Standard speakers object to the pronunciation...
5) British Antarctic Territory. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the
English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...and South Shetland island groups in the southern Atlantic Ocean and Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula....
6) Antarctic Circle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Antarctic Circle, imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 661/2°S lat., i.e., 231/2° north of the South Pole. It marks the southernmost point at which the...
7) Antarctic. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Antarctic The region around the South Pole, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean. 1...
8) § 16. Antarctic. 7. Pronunciation Challenges. The American Heritage Book of
English Usage. 1996
...The original spelling of the word Antarctic in English left out the first c, which was reintroduced into the spelling apparently at the beginning of the 17th century,...
9) Antarctic Ocean. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The waters surrounding Antarctica, actually the southern extensions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans....
10) Antarctic Peninsula. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A region of Antarctica extending about 1,931 km (1,200 mi) north toward South America....
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