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3 unusual facts about Extreme points of Antarctica


Extreme points of Antarctica

While animal life such as penguins and seals are found all around the Antarctic coastline, the continent's only flowering plants are found on the northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula (see Antarctic flora).

The southernmost volcano on the planet - Mount Erebus - is in Antarctica on the world's southernmost island reachable from the sea: Ross Island.

The southernmost open sea is also part of Ross Sea, namely Bay of Whales at 78°30'S, at the edge of Ross Ice Shelf.



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