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See also list of EBA regions or AEG regions or common EBA and AEG regions or complete list.
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Alexander I | Includes mainland west of George VI Sound | Maritime Antarctic | 68-68S, 69-77W; 69-73S, 66-77W |
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Amery Oasis / Prince Charles Mountains / Mawson Coast | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-75S, 60-75E |
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Amsterdam Island | includes Saint-Paul Island. Centre of Indian Ocean and lying 700km north of subtropical convergence. Area of 55km2 | Peri-Antarctic Island | Amsterdam 37 50 S, 77 31 E and Saint-Paul Island 38 43 S, 77 30 E |
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Antipodes Islands | The group consists of one main island of 60 km¿ area, Bollans Island of 2 km¿ to the north, and numerous small islets and stacks. The highest point is Mount Galloway (402 m). | Subantarctic Island | 49¿412S 178¿482E |
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Argentine Islands | Maritime Antarctic |
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Auckland Island | Subantarctic Island | 50¿ 30' and 50¿ 55' S and longitudes 165¿ 50' and 166¿ 20 |
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Balleny Islands | Maritime Antarctic | 66-68S, 162-165E |
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Bouvetoya | Peri-Antarctic Island | 54¿262S 3¿242E. |
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Bunger Hills / Haswell Islands | Mirny | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 90-105E |
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Campbell Island | Subantarctic Island | 52¿32.42S 169¿8.72E. |
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Central Dronning Maud Land | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Chatham Island | Peri-Antarctic Island |
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Commonwealth Bay | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Crozet Islands / Possession Island | Possession, Est, Cochons, Pingouins, Apotres | Subantarctic Island | 45.95-46.5S, 50.33-52.58E |
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Dronning Maud Land | Shackleton Mts, Theron Mts, Heimfrontella etc | Continental Antarctic |
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Dumont d'Urville / Commonwealth Bay | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 135-162E |
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East Dronning Maud Land | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Eastern Peninsula | James Ross I southwards to 72 deg S | Maritime Antarctic | 64-65S, 59-61W; 65-66S, 59-63W; 66-67S, 60-65W; 67-72S, 60-66W |
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Eights Coast / Thurston Island | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Ellsworth Land | Sky Hi Nunataks, Sweeney Mts, Behrendt Mts, Quilty Nunatak, Hauberg Mts, Ellsworth Mts | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 72-77S, 49-66W; 73-77S, 66-77W; 71-77S, 77-105W |
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Ellsworth Mountain | Continental Antarctic | 77-90S, 0-90W |
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Enderby Land / Syowa | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Peri-Antarctic Island |
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Gaussberg / Bunger Hills | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 75-90E |
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Heard Island | includes McDonald Island | Subantarctic Island | 52.97-53.2S, 72.36-73.83E |
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Hope bay / Esperanza | Maritime Antarctic | -63 -57 |
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Juan Carlos I | Maritime Antarctic | -62 -60 |
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Kerguelen Islands | Subantarctic Island | 48.58-49.73S, 68.72-70.58E |
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King George Island | Maritime Antarctic | -62 -58 |
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Larsemann Hills | Coastal Continental Antarctic | -69 76 |
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Mac Robertson Land Coast | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Macquarie Island | Subantarctic Island | 54-55S, 158.5-159E |
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Marie Byrd Land | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 70-80S, 105-165W |
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Marion Island | Subantarctic Island | -47 38 |
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Mars Oasis | Maritime Antarctic | -71 -68 |
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Mawson Coast | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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North East Peninsula | Including James Ross, Cockburn, Seymour, Esperanza, Hope bay | Maritime Antarctic | 62-63S, 54-57W; 63-65S, 54-59W |
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Northern Peninsula | Northern tip to Argentine Is, Anvers I, Palmer, Cierva Point, Brabant I, | Maritime Antarctic | 63-64S, 59-60W; 63.5-64S, 60-63W; 64-65S, 61-65W; 65-66S, 63-67W |
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Palmer | Maritime Antarctic | -64 -63 |
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Pensacola Mountains / Shackleton Range | Including Thiel Mountains, Pensacola Mountains, Shackleton Range | Continental Antarctic |
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Peter I Oya | Peri-Antarctic Island | 68-69S, 90-91W |
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Primavera | Maritime Antarctic | -64 -61 |
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Prince Charles Mountains | Continental Antarctic |
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Prince Edward Islands | includes Marion Island | Subantarctic Island | 46.6-46.97S, 37.58-38.02E |
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Prydz Bay Oases | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Rauer Islands | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Rothera Point | Maritime Antarctic | -67 -68 |
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Schirmacher Oasis / Dronning Maud Land | Shackleton Mts, Theron Mts, Heimfrontella etc | Continental Antarctic | 70-77S, 30W-45E |
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Scott Island (A) | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Scott Island (B) | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Signy Island | Maritime Antarctic | -60 -45 |
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South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Subantarctic Island | 53.50-55S, 35.5-38.67W |
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South Orkney Islands | Coronation, Signy, Laurie, Moe, Lynch, Powell | Peri-Antarctic Island | 60-61S, 44-47W |
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South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski, Visokoi, Candlemas, Vindication, Saunders, Leskov, Bristol, Bellingshausen, Montagu, Cook, Thule | Subantarctic Island | 56.18-59.28S, 26.14-28.11W |
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South Shetland Islands | King George, Robertson, Livingston, Elephant, Deception, Clarence, Penguin | Maritime Antarctic | 61-62S, 53-63W; 62-63S, 57-63W; 63-63.5S, 60-63W |
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Southern Peninsula | Adelaide I, Marguerite Bay, to Terra Firma Is, Charcot I, Horseshoe I, Blaiklock Fjord, Pourquoi-Pas, Ryder Bay, Lagotellerie I | Maritime Antarctic | 66-67S, 65-70W; 67-68S, 66-70W; 68-69S, 66-69W |
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Southern Transantarctic Mountains (A) | Continental Antarctic | 80-90S, 150E-105W |
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Southern Transantarctic Mountains (B) | Continental Antarctic | 80-90S, 150E-105W |
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Terra Nova Bay | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 30-60E |
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Thala Hills / Syowa | Molodezhnaya | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 30-60E |
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The Snares | Subantarctic Island | 48¿012S 166¿322E |
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Vestfold Hills | Coastal Continental Antarctic | -68 78 |
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Victoria Land North / Cape Hallet | Transantarctic Mts, Victoria Land, Terra Nova Bay, | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 70-75S, 150-180E |
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Victoria Land South / Dry Valleys | Granite Harbour, Ross Island, McMurdo coastline | Continental Antarctic | 75-80S, 150-180E |
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West Dronning Maud Land | Coastal Continental Antarctic |
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Western Peninsula | Maritime Antarctic |
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Windmill Islands | Casey, Wilkes | Coastal Continental Antarctic | 65-70S, 105-135E |
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