Ellsworth Mountains
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The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a 350 km long and 48 km wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice
The central part of Ellsworth Mountains with Mount Tyree, Mount Shinn and Mount Vinson; Nimitz Glacier in the foreground
Mount Gardner
Mount Press
Mount Shinn
Antarctica
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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. An
Ellsworth Mountains
…The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a 350 km (217 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf…
Vinson Massif from the northwest, the highest peak in Antarctica
Glossopteris sp. leaf from the Permian of Antarctica
Blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains
Temperate conditions near the coast in December 2006