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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of Antarctica extending about 1,900 km (1,200 mi) north toward South America.
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- proper noun The northernmost part of the mainland of
Antarctica .
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- noun a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
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The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica, and the only part of that continent that extends outside the Antarctic Circle.
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica, and the only part of that continent that extends outside the Antarctic Circle.
Graham Land 2009
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Because the Antarctic Peninsula is the most northerly part of the continent, reaching above the Antarctic Circle, it has the mildest climate and, on the north side at least, is the least icebound during the summer and therefore the most accessible.
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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And they did not technically discover Antarctica, because sealers from Nantucket, Stonington (ph), Connecticut and Britain back in the 1820s had sighted and even ventured on what we now call the Antarctic Peninsula, below Cape Horn.
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 2004
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The data show that one relatively small area called the Antarctic Peninsula is melting and calving huge icebergs.
State of fear Crichton, Michael, 1942- 2004
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Mr. MONTAIGNE: Well, in fact, the - on the western Antarctic Peninsula, which is about a thousand miles long, where Bill and a whole team of U.S. scientists funded by the National
NPR Topics: News 2011
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What is happening on the Antarctic Peninsula is the first breech in this enormous citadel of ice that is Antarctica - up to three miles deep, a country - a continent the size of one and a half times the U.S., including Alaska.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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We cruised around the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the only part of Antarctica that has any mountains on it.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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We cruised around the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the only part of Antarctica that has any mountains on it.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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For anyone who thinks (like I did) that Antarctica is a bone-chilling freezer lashed by constant blizzards, a visit to the Antarctic Peninsula is a surprise.
Blogs navigation 2009
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