Things to Do in Antarctica

There are 337 attractions in Antarctica. Îles Kerguelen, remote subantarctic archipelago with scientific research stations, is the most popular.

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Îles Kerguelen
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Îles Kerguelen
Remote subantarctic archipelago with scientific research stations
Islands
Vinson Massif
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Vinson Massif
Antarctica's highest mountain, remote polar massif
Mountains
Lake Vostok
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Lake Vostok
Large Antarctic subglacial lake beneath East Antarctic ice
Lake
Mount Erebus
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Mount Erebus
Antarctic volcano and one of southernmost active volcanoes
Mountain
Peter I Island
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Peter I Island
Remote Antarctic volcanic island claimed by Norway
Island
Alexander Island
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Alexander Island
Largest Antarctic island in the Bellingshausen Sea
Island
Transantarctic Mountains
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Transantarctic Mountains
Mountain chain dividing East and West Antarctica
Mountain
Île Amsterdam
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Île Amsterdam
Remote French subantarctic island with volcanic terrain
Island
Europa Island
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Europa Island
Remote French-administered coral island in Indian Ocean
Island
South Shetland Islands
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South Shetland Islands
Antarctic island group near the Antarctic Peninsula
Island
South Orkney Islands
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South Orkney Islands
Isolated subantarctic islands with scientific research stations
Island
Île Saint-Paul
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Île Saint-Paul
Subantarctic volcanic island in French Southern Territories
Island
South Georgia
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South Georgia
Remote subantarctic island with abundant seals and penguins
Island
Juan de Nova Island
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Juan de Nova Island
Uninhabited French-administered coral island in Indian Ocean
Island
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Glorioso Islands
Group of small coral islands in the Indian Ocean
Islands
Ross Island
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Ross Island
Antarctic island near McMurdo, historic expedition huts present
Island
Tromelin Island
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Tromelin Island
Remote uninhabited islet in Indian Ocean administered by France
Island
Elephant Island
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Elephant Island
Remote Antarctic island associated with Shackleton's expedition
Island
King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Antarctic island hosting international research stations
Island
South Sandwich Islands
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South Sandwich Islands
Remote uninhabited subantarctic British island chain
Islands
Adare, Cape
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Adare, Cape
Prominent Antarctic cape with historic expedition huts
Cape
Balleny Islands
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Balleny Islands
Remote Antarctic island group in the Southern Ocean
Island
Berkner Island
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Berkner Island
Large ice-covered Antarctic island in the southern Weddell Sea
Island
Livingston Island
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Livingston Island
Antarctic island near South Shetlands, research stations present
Island
Mount Terror (Antarctica)
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Mount Terror (Antarctica)
Volcanic massif on Ross Island, Antarctic landmark
Mountain
Ellsworth Mountains
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Ellsworth Mountains
Antarctic mountain range containing Mount Vinson, continent's highest
Mountains
Thurston Island
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Thurston Island
Large Antarctic ice-covered island off Ellsworth Land
Island
Adelaide Island
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Adelaide Island
Large Antarctic island off western Antarctic Peninsula
Island
Deception Island
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Deception Island
Volcanic caldera island with geothermal beaches and historic whaling
Island
Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
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Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
Ice-covered Antarctic island and ice rise feature
Island
King Edward VII Land
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King Edward VII Land
Coastal region of Antarctica featuring ice-covered terrain
Cape
Antarctic Plateau
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Antarctic Plateau
Vast high-elevation Antarctic ice plateau, includes South Pole
Plateau
James Ross Island
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James Ross Island
Antarctic island off the peninsula, noted for fossils
Island
Siple Island
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Siple Island
Large ice-covered Antarctic island with volcanic peaks
Island
Zavodovski Island
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Zavodovski Island
Volcanic South Sandwich Island with large penguin colonies
Island
Scott Island
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Scott Island
Remote Antarctic island, uninhabited and isolated
Island
Clarence Island (South Shetland Islands)
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Clarence Island (South Shetland Islands)
Remote Antarctic island in the South Shetlands
Island
Don Juan Pond
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Don Juan Pond
Extremely saline Antarctic pond remaining unfrozen year-round
Lake
Joinville Island
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Joinville Island
Large Antarctic island off the Antarctic Peninsula
Island
Carney Island
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Carney Island
Uninhabited Antarctic island in the Amundsen Sea area
Island
Coronation Island
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Coronation Island
Largest island of the South Orkney Islands, Antarctic
Island
Lake Vanda
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Lake Vanda
Perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake with saline waters
Lake
Mount Kirkpatrick
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Mount Kirkpatrick
Prominent Antarctic massif notable for dinosaur fossil discoveries.
Mountain
Mount Sidley
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Mount Sidley
Antarctica's highest volcano, remote and ice-covered.
Mountain
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Trinity Peninsula
Northernmost Antarctic peninsula forming Graham Land tip
Cape
Greenwich, isla
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Greenwich, isla
Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands
Island
Mount Melbourne
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Mount Melbourne
Ice-covered Antarctic volcano in Victoria Land
Mountain
Snow Hill Island
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Snow Hill Island
Antarctic island noted for scientific research and wildlife
Island
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Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Small Antarctic island in the South Shetlands
Island
Snow Island (South Shetland Islands)
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Snow Island (South Shetland Islands)
Small uninhabited island in the South Shetlands
Island
Anvers Island
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Anvers Island
Antarctic island in Palmer Archipelago
Island
Gaussberg
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Gaussberg
Antarctic volcanic massif and prominent ice-bound landmark
Mountain
Mount Tyree
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Mount Tyree
Antarctic mountain, second-highest continental summit
Mountain
Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)
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Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)
Subantarctic island in South Shetlands, wildlife visits common
Island
Paulet Island
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Paulet Island
Small Antarctic volcanic island with large penguin colony
Island
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Admiralty Mountains
Mountain range with glaciated peaks in Antarctica
Mountains
Baja, isla
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Baja, isla
Small Antarctic island; remote, icy terrain
Island
Berlin, Mount
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Berlin, Mount
Isolated Antarctic mountain with glaciated slopes
Mountain
Bird Island, South Georgia
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Bird Island, South Georgia
Small South Georgia island with important seabird colonies
Island
Gamburtsev Mountain Range
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Gamburtsev Mountain Range
Subglacial Antarctic mountain range buried beneath the ice
Mountains
Palmer Archipelago
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Palmer Archipelago
Island group off the Antarctic Peninsula with research stations
Island
Queen Maud Mountains
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Queen Maud Mountains
Major Antarctic mountain range bordering the Ross Ice Shelf
Mountain
Cape Evans
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Cape Evans
Historic Antarctic site of Robert Falcon Scott's hut
Cape
Charcot Island
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Charcot Island
Remote Antarctic island largely ice-covered
Island
Montagu Island
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Montagu Island
Largest of South Sandwich Islands; remote volcanic island
Island
Robert, isla
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Robert, isla
Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands
Island
Thule Island
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Thule Island
Volcanic island in South Sandwich Islands, remote and uninhabited
Island
Annenkov Island
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Annenkov Island
Remote subantarctic island, wildlife habitat
Island
Bellingshausen Island
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Bellingshausen Island
Volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands
Island
Brabant Island
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Brabant Island
Mountainous Antarctic island within Palmer Archipelago
Island
Dundee, isla
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Dundee, isla
Antarctic island in the Joinville Island group
Island
Laurie Island
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Laurie Island
South Orkney Island with Antarctic research stations
Island
Mount Takahe
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Mount Takahe
Dormant Antarctic volcano in Marie Byrd Land
Mountain
Sentinel Range
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Sentinel Range
Antarctic mountain range including peaks of Ellsworth Mountains
Mountains
Seymour Island
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Seymour Island
Antarctic island known for paleontological fossils and geology
Island
Visokoi Island
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Visokoi Island
Remote volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands
Island
Île aux Cochons
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Île aux Cochons
Uninhabited sub-Antarctic island in the Crozet Islands
Island
Bristol Island
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Bristol Island
Remote South Sandwich volcanic island with active volcanism
Island
Candlemas Island
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Candlemas Island
Volcanic South Sandwich island with rugged coastline
Island
Cornwallis Island (South Shetland Islands)
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Cornwallis Island (South Shetland Islands)
Small Antarctic island in South Shetlands, icy terrain
Island
Half Moon Island
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Half Moon Island
Small Antarctic island inhabited by penguins and seals
Island
Leskov Island
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Leskov Island
Remote South Atlantic island, uninhabited
Island
Mount Andrus
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Mount Andrus
Ice-covered Antarctic mountain on Marie Byrd Land
Mountain
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Mount Markham
Massive Antarctic mountain in the Queen Elizabeth Range
Mountain
Mount Siple
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Mount Siple
Volcanic Antarctic mountain, potentially active and remote
Mountain
Pensacola Mountains
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Pensacola Mountains
Antarctic mountain range with isolated nunataks and glaciers
Mountains
Queen Alexandra Range
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Queen Alexandra Range
Antarctic mountain range near the Ross Ice Shelf
Mountains
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Buckle Island
Remote Antarctic island in the Balleny archipelago
Island
Cape Crozier
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Cape Crozier
Antarctic cape famed for large penguin colonies
Cape
Coulman Island
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Coulman Island
Remote Antarctic island with volcanic cliffs and penguin colonies
Island
D'Urville Island, Antarctica
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D'Urville Island, Antarctica
Remote Antarctic island near Adélie Land research stations
Island
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Dome A
Highest Antarctic ice dome, Earth's coldest surface
Mountain
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Drygalski Island
Remote Antarctic island discovered during early German expedition
Island
Lake Fryxell
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Lake Fryxell
Perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake in McMurdo Dry Valleys
Lake
Mont Ross
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Mont Ross
Highest peak of Kerguelen Islands, glaciated volcanic summit
Mountain
Mount Paget
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Mount Paget
Highest peak of South Georgia, remote glaciated mountain
Mountain
Signy Island
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Signy Island
Small Antarctic island with research stations and wildlife
Island
Spaatz Island
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Spaatz Island
Antarctic island off Palmer Land, remote and icy
Island
Sturge Island
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Sturge Island
Volcanic ice-covered island in the Balleny Islands
Island
Île de la Possession
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Île de la Possession
French subantarctic island hosting scientific research station
Island