PHYSICAL MAP OF THE CONTINENTS. ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA.

Antarctica.

Antarctica is the fourth largest continent, covering more than 13 thousand million square kilometres.
Location: in the southern hemisphere, surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean.

Comparision of the areas of Europe and Antarctica.

Continental relief.

Is the continent with the highest average altitude, almost 2.600 metres.

The most important landforms are:

• The Ellsworh Mountains, in which is located the highest peak, Vinson Massif.
• The Antarctic Peninsula.
• The Cape Adare.

Video: Antarctica from the summit of the VInson Massif

Vinson Massif.

Ice and seas.

A layer of ice cover most of the continent with a thickness of 2000.

Beardmore Glacier.

The main seas are the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.

Antarctica relief.

Antarctic coasts.

Oceania.

It is the smallest continent with almost 9 million square kilometres.

Location: in the Pacific Ocean. It is composed of:

• Large islands (Australia and the North and South Islands of New Zealand)
• Several archipielagos:

1. Melanesia.
2. Micronesia.
3. Polynesia.

Continental relief

Australia.
The most important features of the relief are: the MacDonnell Ranges, Hamersley Range and the Great Dividing Range.

Landforms of the australian relief.

Blue Mountains, Great Dividing Range.

Great Dividing Range, eastern slopes.

Great Dividing Range, western slopes.

Glen Helen Gorge, Macdonnel Range.

Ayers Rock.

New Zealand and the rest of the islands.
Mountanious or volcanic terrain. The most important feature is the Southern Alps.

Southern alps, New Zealand.

Coastal relief:

Peninsulas: the Cape York Peninsula
Gulf: Gulf of Carpentaria.

Seas, lakes and rivers.

The most important sea in Oceania is the Tasman Sea.

The most important lake is Lake Eyre in Australia.

The most important rivers are the Darling and the Murray.

Lakes and rivers of Oceania

Lake Eyre empty.

Lake Eyre full of wáter.

Lake Eyre fill with water (2011)