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Antarctica is the name of a continent. Antarctic is the name used to describe something indigenous to the area, for example, the region around Antarctica, the Antarctic region. Antarctic is an adjective; Antarctica is a noun.
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∙ 12y agoYes. It is the "newest ocean"; created in 2000. It can be called either the Southern or Antarctic Ocean. The four oceans are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. Truly, however, the world is covered with one big ocean, that is divided into regions
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∙ 8y agoThe Antarctic is a polar region in the Southern Hemisphere.
The South Pole is a point of latitude -- as is the North Pole -- where all lines of longitude meet.
The South Pole is located on the Antarctic continent, which is in the Antarctic polar region.
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∙ 9y agoYour confusion is vocabulary. Antarctica is the name of the continent; the Antarctic is the name of the region where Antarctica is located.
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∙ 9y ago'Artica' is not a geographical name.
Antarctica is a polar continent in the southern hemisphere. Arctic is the name of the corresponding polar region in the northern hemisphere.
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Is the Antarctic Ocean and the South Pole in the same location?
The antarctic ocean encircles the continent of Antarctica which contains the south pole. So technically the south pole isn't in the antarctic ocean.
What pole is the Antarctic?
The Antarctic surrounds the South Pole.
Is antarctic inside of the south pole?
south pole
Are you in the arctic or Antarctic region if you are at the North Pole?
Arctic. Antarctic is the South Pole.
Is the South Pole in the Arctic?
No. The South Pole is in the Antarctic. The North Pole is in the Arctic.
What is between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole?
A whole continent exists between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
Which continent has the south pole on it?
You can find the South Pole on the Antarctic continent.
Where are the Arctic and Antarctic?
The Arctic surrounds the North Pole and the Antarctic surrounds the South Pole.
Why aren't polar bears in the south pole?
They aren't in the South Pole because it is in the Antarctic where it is cold, where they can survive and live. So if they did live there they wouldn't live very long. Think about if you lived in the Antarctic as a polar bear but you were still you, you would freeze.Further information:In fact, there are no animals that live at the South Pole. Many people consider that the South Pole is the same as the Antarctic, but in fact the South Pole is just a theoretical point in Antarctica. This question will answer what creatures live in the Antarctic, as no animals actually live at the South Pole, being too far inland for any animals to survive there. The Antarctic itself is a desert, and no animals live in the Antarctic desert.
What continent lies at the South Pole?
The South Pole is a point on the polar plateau of the continent of Antarctica.The South Pole is located on the Antarctic Continent.
South pole is apart of what continent?
You can find the South Pole on the Antarctic continent.
What regions are located near north pole and south pole?
North Pole.... Arctic. South Pole....Antarctic.
