Transantarctic Mountains

Japanese: Transantarctic Mountains(英語表記)TransantarcticMountains
Transantarctic Mountains

...The farthest point within the continent is called the Pole of Inaccessibility (latitude 82°06′S, longitude 54°58′E), and was explored by Soviet and American teams on December 14, 1958.
[Topography, Geology]
Antarctica is almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle, and is divided into East Antarctica (also called Great Antarctica), an older continental mass belonging to the Eastern Hemisphere, and West Antarctica (Little Antarctica), which is geologically newer, by the Transantarctic Mountains. The Ross Sea is deep in the Antarctic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean, and the Weddell Sea is deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Transantarctic Mountains" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大陸内部にあって周辺から最も遠い地点は到達不能極Pole of Inaccessibility(南緯82゜06′,東経54゜58′)と呼ばれるが,ソ連隊(1958年12月14日到達)とアメリカ隊が付近を探査した。
[地形,地質]
 南極大陸はほぼ南極圏内にあり,それを大きく二分する南極横断山地Transantarctic Mountainsによって,東半球に属する古い大陸塊の東南極大陸(大南極もいう)と,地質年代がこれより新しい西南極大陸(小南極)とに分けられる。また太平洋側からはロス海,大西洋側からはウェッデル海が深く湾入している。…

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