antarctic : Idioms & Phrases

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antarctic circle

  • noun a line of latitude north of the south pole
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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
    Antarctica.
    • Antarctica is twice the size of Australia
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antarctic ocean

  • noun the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
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antarctic peninsula

  • noun a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
    Palmer Peninsula.
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antarctic zone

  • noun the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
    Antarctic; South Frigid Zone.
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