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West Antarctica
West Antarctica
, or
Lesser Antarctica
, one of the two major regions of
Antarctica
, is the part of the continent that lies within the
Western Hemisphere
, and includes the
Antarctic Peninsula
. It is separated from
East Antarctica
by the
Transantarctic Mountains
and is covered by the
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
. It is separated from the main land mass of Antarctica by the
Ross Sea
, partly covered by the
Ross Ice Shelf
, and the
Weddell Sea
, largely covered by the
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
. It may be considered a giant
peninsula
stretching from the South Pole towards the tip of South America.
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