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Antarctic continent

noun

An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep. Synonym: Antarctica.

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"Antarctic continent" Quotes from Famous Books

... which had brought him over from a remote Pacific islet: not a tropical islet of the kind with whose palms and parrots we are all so familiar, but a cold and snowy rock, away off far south, among the frosts and icebergs, near the Antarctic continent. There for twenty long years that unhappy man had lived by ...

— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen

... is not intellectually brilliant, but he has strong sense and good moral fiber. I'll save him if for no other reason than his veto of the Antarctic Continent grab bill." ...

— The Second Deluge • Garrett P. Serviss

Words linked to "Antarctic continent" : Antarctic Zone, Adelie Land, Antarctic, South Pole, Adelie Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Peninsula, Admiralty Range, South Frigid Zone, Queen Maud Land, Terre Adelie, Enderby Land, Ross Sea, Wilkes Land, continent, Coats Land, Victoria Land