ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific

Synonyms:

Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Peninsula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Holonyms ("Antarctic Peninsula" is a part of...):

Antarctic continent; Antarctica (an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep)

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