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    ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacificplay

    Synonyms:

    Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Peninsula

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

    Holonyms ("Antarctic Peninsula" is a part of...):

    Antarctic continent; Antarctica (an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep)

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