Ecology of Coastal Antarctica
Antarctica covers an area of 14 million km2 and has a coastline over 32,000 km long (Fig. 1). However, more than 80% of this coastline is comprised of ice cliffs formed by either glaciers or the polar plateau. On average, the continental shelf is both narrower and deeper than other continents, averaging more then 600 m deep.
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McMinn, A. (2019). Antarctica, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology. In: Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_8
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