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Geology and Morphology of Antarctica

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Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 15))

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Two morphologies must be considered for Antarctica, one the bedrock morphology and the other the glacial morphology which is geologically ephemeral (figs. 2 and 3). The continent has been crisscrossed by oversnow traverse parties and aircraft during and since the International Geophysical Year of 1957–58, so that there is now a reconnaissance knowledge of both morphologies, which have been shown on a map of Antarctica, at a scale of 1 to 5 million with contours at intervals of 500 metres, published by the American Geographical Society in 1962. There is now international agreement that the metric scale will be used in Antarctica and that maps will be oriented so that the Prime Meridian (of Greenwich) is at the top of the map.

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