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15 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, British Graham Land expedition, Colobanthus quitensis, Debenham Islands, Deschampsia antarctica, Fallières Coast, Graham Land, John Rymill, Marguerite Bay, Mikkelsen Bay, San Martín Base, West Antarctica.
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.
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Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
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British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.
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British Graham Land expedition
The British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.
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Colobanthus quitensis
Colobanthus quitensis, the Antarctic pearlwort, is one of two native flowering plants found in the Antarctic region.
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Debenham Islands
The Debenham Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying between Millerand Island and the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Terra Firma Islands and Debenham Islands are Fallières Coast and islands of Graham Land.
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Deschampsia antarctica
Deschampsia antarctica, the Antarctic hair grass, is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
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Fallières Coast
The Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf.
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Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
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John Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.
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Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. Terra Firma Islands and Marguerite Bay are Fallières Coast.
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Mikkelsen Bay
Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Terra Firma Islands and Mikkelsen Bay are Fallières Coast.
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San Martín Base
San Martín Base (Base San Martín) is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after General José de San Martín, the Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Perú.
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West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula.
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References
Also known as Alamode Island, Barn Rock, Dumbbell Island, Lodge Rock, Pigmy Rock, Terra Firma Island, Twig Rock.