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Most of this sector of Greater Antarctica is typical: a high ice-covered plateau, hills and mountains near the coast, an ice shelf with glacial flows and sea ice, which varies seasonally in extent and density. However, some of the interior marks the end of this pattern. Instead are the eastern part of the Transantarctic Mountains, which reach over 4,300 meters at Mt. Markham. Beyond them, near the 80th parallel, is a bit of the Ross Sea coast--more exactly the Ross Ice Shelf coast.
This area is uninhabited.
No-one even visited here before the late 19th century.
north, from west of about 147 degrees east
north, from east of about 147 degrees east
east
west
1. Antarctic claims are still in abeyance as of 2014.