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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:region
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
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gptkbp:climate
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polar
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Ellsworth_Land
gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
gptkb:Amundsen_Sea
gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Ronne_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Ross_Sea
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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explorers in the 19th and 20th centuries
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gptkbp:elevation
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mostly below sea level under the ice sheet
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:Antarctic_Treaty_System
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gptkbp:hasArea
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about 2,500,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:hasFeature
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gptkb:volcanic_activity
sea ice
subglacial lakes
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gptkbp:hasNoPermanentPopulation
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true
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gptkbp:hasNotableGlacier
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gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
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gptkbp:hasNotableLand
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gptkb:Ellsworth_Land
gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
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gptkbp:hasResearchCenter
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gptkb:Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Station
gptkb:Byrd_Station
gptkb:Union_Glacier_Camp
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gptkbp:highestPoint
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gptkb:Mount_Vinson
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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West Antarctica
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gptkbp:iceSheetContributionToSeaLevelRise
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significant
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gptkbp:isLosingIce
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true
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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its location west of the Transantarctic Mountains
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Antarctica
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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