Antarctic Physical Geography - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Surrounding ocean	Southern	84%
Largest ice shelves	Ross	66%
Southernmost point	South Pole	66%
Tallest mountain	Vinson	42%
Largest peninsula	Antarctic	39%
Largest lake	Vostok	37%
Strait between Antarctica and South America	Drake Passage	34%
Southernmost active volcano on Earth	Mount Erebus	34%
Mountain range that divides the continent into West and East Antarctica	Transantarctic	26%
Dominant biome/ecosystem	Polar desert	24%
Largest island	Alexander	16%
Large island in ice shelf #2, southernmost island	Berkner	8%
Island chain ~120 km from the mainland, location of many research bases	South Shetland Islands	8%
	Filchner-Ronne	5%
Worlds largest glacier	Lambert	5%
Longest river	Onyx	5%
Saltiest lake in the world	Don Juan	3%
Largest of the above	King George Island	3%
Northernmost point (on mainland)	Prime Head, Trinity Peninsula	3%
Extremely alkaline/basic (pH up to 12.1) and very transparent (~77 meters) lake	Untersee	3%

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