Sunday, January 04, 2015

Antarctica Without Its Ice Caps

Interesting - I didn't realize Antarctica is an archipelago:

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Via Amazing Maps on Twitter.

(And no, I'm not suggesting you should buy coastal property there -- though if you do, how about a finder's fee? -- or that the mapmakers of the world need to update their maps anytime soon. It's just interesting, OK?) 

1 comment:

Oale said...

counting out post-glacial rebound, which could make some more sandy/rocky islands to the edges of glaciers, but since there's no (at least an easy) way of knowing where glacial floods would occur and deposit these, could be a good approximation.