Subantarctic
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The sub-Antarctic zone is a physiographic region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46° and 60° south of th
Trees growing along the north shore of the Beagle Channel, 55°S.
Neumayer Glacier, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia, circa 1882–1883.
Neumayer Glacier, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia, circa 1882–1883.
Nordenskjold Glacier, Cumberland Bay, South Georgia.
Macquarie Island
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Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. It has been governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880. It becam
Subantarctic
…islands. At between 52°–57° south of the Equator, the Campbell Island Group, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Bouvet Island, the South Georgia Group, Macquarie Island, and the South Sandwich Islands are also located in the Furious Fifties. The geography of these islands is characterized by tundra, permafrost, and…
Penguins and remains of the wreck of The Gratitude, Nuggets Beach, Macquarie Island, 1911, Frank Hurley
Macquarie Island bluffs
A royal penguin rookery on Macquarie Island.
A Macquarie Island beach