Cape Denison (Antarctica)

Cape Denison () is a rocky point at the head of Commonwealth Bay. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Denison of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

Caroline Island (Antarctica)

Caroline Island or Caroline Atoll (also known as Millennium Island), is the easternmost of the uninhabited coral atolls which comprise the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Other names for the island were Clark Island, Hirst Island, Independence Island or Thornton Island.

Pourquoi Pas Point (Antarctica)

Pourquoi Pas Point () is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1950-52, and named in 1954 for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?.

Fletcher Island (Antarctica)

Fletcher Island is a rocky island, 0.25 mile (0.

Fletcher Islands (Antarctica)

The Fletcher Islands are a small group of islands lying 6 miles west-southwest (WSW) of Cape Gray in the eastern part of Commonwealth Bay. The Fletcher Islands are located at .

Dumont d'Urville Station (Antarctica)

The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base Dumont d'Urville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipel de Pointe Géologie () in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville.

Commonwealth Bay (Antarctica)

Commonwealth Bay () is an open bay about 48 km (30 mi) wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who established the main base of the expedition at Cape Denison at the head of the bay.

Extreme points of Antarctica (Antarctica)

* Tallest Mountain in Antarctica is Vinson Massif. Height: 4,892 metres (16,050 feet)

Earth's magnetic field (Antarctica)

Earth's magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one pole near the north pole and the other near the geographic south pole. An imaginary line joining the magnetic poles would be inclined by approximately 11.

Earth's magnetic field (Antarctica)

Earth's magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one pole near the north pole and the other near the geographic south pole. An imaginary line joining the magnetic poles would be inclined by approximately 11.

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands (Antarctica)

This is a List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands. Sub-antarctic islands are islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica north of the Antarctic Circle (66° 33' 38").

Mertz Glacier (Antarctica)

Mertz Glacier () is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica, about 45 miles long and averaging 20 miles wide. It reaches the sea between Cape De la Motte and Cape Hurley where it continues as a large glacier tongue.

Mertz Glacier (Antarctica)

Mertz Glacier () is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica, about 45 miles long and averaging 20 miles wide. It reaches the sea between Cape De la Motte and Cape Hurley where it continues as a large glacier tongue.

Mertz Glacier (Antarctica)

Mertz Glacier () is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica, about 45 miles long and averaging 20 miles wide. It reaches the sea between Cape De la Motte and Cape Hurley where it continues as a large glacier tongue.

List of research stations in Antarctica (Antarctica)

A number of governments maintain permanent research stations throughout Antarctica. Many of the stations are staffed around the year.