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Transantarctic Mountains |
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Transantarctic Mountains, mountain chain stretching across Antarctica from Victoria Land to Coats Land; separating the E Antarctic and W Antarctic subcontinents. Mt. Markham (14,275 ft/4,351 m high), near the Ross Ice Shelf, is the highest peak. Its basement rocks, similar to rocks found in Australia, S Africa, and South America, give credibility to the theory of continental drift. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Transantarctic Mountains (see map, part 2) stretch across Antarctica. 15, 2003, on an ice field in the Transantarctic Mountains, about 750 kilometers from the South Pole. Most recently, they worked from a tented base camp atop the Shackleton Glacier, a slow and mighty ice river cutting through the Transantarctic Mountains to the Ross Sea. |
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