The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet covering East Antarctica. It first formed around 34 million years ago and, considered independently, is the largest ice sheet on Earth, with greater volume than the Greenland Ice Sheet or the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, from which it is separated by the Transantarctic Mountains. It is about 2.2 kilometers thick on average and reaches 4,897 meters at its thickest point, and it is home to the geographic South Pole, the magnetic south pole, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusInternational Treaty Protected Area 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
East Antarctic Ice Sheet (Wikipedia)
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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is the sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet covering East Antarctica.
Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet
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