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South America has the
45° 30° 15° 0° 15° 30° N 45°
60° King Haakon VII Sea 60°
W E
Bransfield Strait Queen Maud Land
Falkland
Islands (UK) S Andes Mountains which are
ARGENTINA Weddell Sea Enderby Land 60°
CHILE
CHILE
CHILE
CHILE Larsen Ice Coats Prime Meridian Kemp Land the longest mountain range
75°
75°
75°
75° Shelf Land 75° Antarctic Circle 75°
Adelaide Mac
Robertson
Land
Ronne Ice Amery Ice Shelf in the world. It also has the
Alexander Palmer Land Shelf
Princess
Bellingshausen Polar Elizabeth
Sea Plateau Land
South Pole
90° Kaiser 90° Amazon, the world’s largest
Peter I Ellsworth Hercules Wilhelm II
Land Dome Land
60° Thurston Queen Mary Land
Antarctic Circle Amundsen Marie Ross Ice Wilkes Land rainforest. Europe has many
Byrd
Sea
Shelf
Land
105° 75° 105°
Getz Ice peninsulas and famous old
Shelf
Antarctica Ross Sea Legend Adélie Land
George V Land
0 750 1500 Km International Date Line Transantarctic Mountains cities.
0 750 Miles South Pole
120° 120° Australia is the only
135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135°
continent made up of one
Australia
country. Its Great Barrier Reef
has the largest amount of
coral in the world.
Antarctica has the
coldest recorded temperature
Legend ★
Great Barrier Reef
rivers ever on Earth.
★ capital
cities

Let’s Discuss!

Discuss with your classmates the features of your country.
Share your thoughts on the following:

• The map of your country.

• Its landforms and water bodies.

• The longitude and latitude location of its capital.

• The most famous places it has.

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