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| A subregion of Oceania that includes islands northeast of Australia and south of the equator |
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| A subregion of Oceania that includes islands east of the Philippines and north of the equator |
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| A subregion of Oceania that includes islands of the central and southern Pacific |
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| an island rising from the deep sea floor on a volcanic foundation |
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| a type of oceanic island that is a coral reef |
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| a ring-shaped coral reef encircling a central lagoon with no inner island |
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| a territory placed under the control of a country by the United Nations |
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| a simple form of speech that is a mixture of words from two or more languages |
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Transantarctic Mountains
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| mountains that divide Antarctica into two parts |
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geographic South Pole
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| the point where all lines of longitude meet |
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| huge flat sheet of ice extending over the ocean, but attached to the land |
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| Norwegian polar explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole |
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| an agreement signed in 1959 calling for the peaceful use of Antarctica |
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