antarctic continent
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1. 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 (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | continent, |
| definition | : | one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | adelie coast, adelie land, terre adelie, |
| definition | : | a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | coats land, |
| definition | : | a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | enderby land, |
| definition | : | a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | queen maud land, |
| definition | : | a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | south pole, |
| definition | : | the southernmost point of the Earth's axis (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | victoria land, |
| definition | : | a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | wilkes land, |
| definition | : | a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | admiralty range, |
| definition | : | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | antarctic peninsula, palmer peninsula, |
| definition | : | a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | ross sea, |
| definition | : | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica (noun.object) |
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