East Antarctic

Those East Antarctic is eastern of Weddell and west of Rossmeer convenient part of the Antarctic Mainland. This corresponds roughly to that part of the continent Antarktika in the eastern Hemisphere (east of the Nullmeridians and west 180. eastern Degree of longitude) lies.

Geografie

The east Antarctic takes also over 8 million km² the by far largest part of the mainland in the Antarctic. It is larger than Australia and has thereby trueful continental Extents, while the other "half" of Antarktikas, those West Antarctic rather one Subkontinent or an enormous peninsula represents.

The east Antarctic is towards the north everywhere of Southern ocean surrounded. The eastarctic mainland extends, of South Pole outgoing, to a large extent to for instance to the southern Polar circle; only the coast with Queen Maud country lies more south, indeed roughly with 70. southern Degree of latitude. Toward the west Antarctic becomes southern in each case the east Antarctic by the coasts of Weddell and Rossmeer as well as by itself to the two seas following Shelf ice limited. By these seas, deeply into the continent cut themselves, becomes between the central Antarctic (part of the east Antarctic) and Marie Byrd country (part of the west Antarctic) a land tightness formed. This represents the demarcation of the east Antarctic on the mainland. Also the geographical South Pole lies in the East part of the Antarctic.

Altogether exhibits of east Antarctic the still life-more hostile climate than the western part of the continent. The temperatures are here still lower and ice-free places like it them z. B. at the coasts that Antarctic peninsula does not give exist here practically. Also that Pole of inaccessibility, the coastalfurthest point of the continent lain highly on the ice tank, is in the east Antarctic. A further significant difference opposite the west Antarctic is, that the Antarctic ice tank rests predominantly here on mainland, itself over that Sea level finds.

Important large landscapes

In the east Antarctic are some important large regions:

• Queen Maud country
• Enderbyland
• Mac Robertson country
• American high country
• Wilkesland
• Adelieland
• Transantarkti mountains
• Polar plateau