Show Me A Map Of Antarctica

Antarctica is one of 7 continents illustrated on our blue ocean laminated map of the world. Large detailed map of antarctica. The thought of visiting antarctica, ‘the 7th continent’ stirs up the imagination and wunderlust of travelers and explorers across the world.

This fragment of a bigger map, found in 1929 by german theologian gustav deissmann as he catalogued artifacts for istanbul's topkapi palace library, seemingly depicted the americas and antarctica. Each map style has its advantages. Contains a great amount of detail of both the geography and history of the multi–national expeditions that have traversed the icy continent.

Use the buttons under the map to switch to different map types provided by maphill itself.

For your information, antarctica covers 14.5 million square kilometers, which is about 40% more than europe (or 40% more than canada if you prefer). Published in 1957, just six months after the death of famed american polar explorer admiral richard e. Yet something encoded in us long ago reacts when we see the world at this unprecedented scale. Antarctica map with country claims.