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    Farthest South refers to the most southerly latitudes reached by explorers before the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911. Significant...
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    In geography, a pole of inaccessibility is the farthest (or most difficult to reach) location in a given landmass, sea, or other topographical feature...
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    Farthest North describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers, before the first successful expedition to the North Pole rendered the expression...
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    The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation...
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    1773 and December 1773. On 30 January 1774 he reaches 71° 10′ S, his Farthest South, coming within about 120 kilometres (75 mi) of the Antarctic mainland...
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    southern Albania in Southeastern Europe) and can extend west to Italy's farthest south-eastern coasts. Jordan is climatically and economically part of the...
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  • The Farthest Shore is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third book in the series...
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    Antarctica (redirect from South frigid zone)
    entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica...
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    East longitude. Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude. Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude. Highest point: Comaloformo (3030...
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    Ernest Shackleton (category South Pole)
    established a new record Farthest South latitude of 88°23′ S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles or 180 kilometres) from the South Pole, the largest...
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    was his farthest south. A determined effort on the part of the French naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier to discover the "South Land"...
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    exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922 Arctic exploration Farthest South History of Antarctica List of Antarctic expeditions List of polar explorers...
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    The south magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic south pole, is the point on Earth's Southern Hemisphere where the geomagnetic field lines are directed...
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    was his farthest south. A determined effort on the part of the French naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier to discover the "South Land"...
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    U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California, and then Mexico farthest south. The region consists of one long continuous mountain range formed over...
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    coming from Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station usually first pass through McMurdo, either by flight or by the McMurdo to South Pole Traverse; it is a hub...
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    The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under...
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    Discovery Expedition (category South Pole)
    route) on which the South Pole is located. The expedition tried to reach the South Pole travelling as far as the Farthest South mark at a reported 82°17′S...
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    ˈʝero] ), nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in...
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    reach the North Pole began in the late 19th century, with the record for "Farthest North" being surpassed on numerous occasions. The first undisputed expedition...
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  • transport for offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Venice is the town farthest south along Highway 23 within the protection levee. Neighboring Orchard (sometimes...
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    Nimrod Expedition (category South Pole)
    was to be first to reach the South Pole. This was not attained, but the expedition's southern march reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23' S, just...
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    had reached 87° S. On 8 December the Norwegians passed Shackleton's Farthest South record of 88° 23′. As they neared the pole, they looked for any break...
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    occurred just off the island of El Hierro, the second smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in...
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    Polar explorers. Fram was the wooden ship to have sailed farthest north (85°57'N) and farthest south (78°41'S), and one of the strongest wooden ships ever...
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    was but lately cured of consumption, yet he went with Scott to his farthest South, and helped to get Shackleton back alive. Shackleton owed his life to...
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  • Ocean History Expeditions Research stations Farthest North North Pole Barentsz Heemskerck Hudson Marmaduke Carolus Parry North magnetic pole J. Ross J...
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    Greenland), then sailed south and rounded Cape Farvel to find suitable land for settlement. He spent his first winter on an island off the south coast. According...
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  • northeastern and east-central Ohio, and north-central West Virginia. The farthest south KDKA-TV is carried on cable is in Beverly, West Virginia. The station...
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  • of the world's ice). Geography portal Extreme points of the Arctic Farthest South Amos, Jonathan (2019-12-12). "Deepest point on land found in Antarctica"...
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