'''West Antarctica''' is the region of Antarctica that falls in the Western Hemisphere.
Regions
Antarctic Peninsula
Coats Land
Ellsworth Land
Marie Byrd Land
Bases
''(Outside of the Antarctic Peninsula region)''
Belgrano II (Argentina)
Halley (U.K.)
Neumayer (Germany)
Other destinations
Ellsworth Mountains
Thiel Mountains
Pensacola Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
Whitmore Mountains
Understand
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
Bentley Subglacial Trench — the lowest point in the world not covered by oceans
Mount Sidley. Antarctica's highest volcano (extinct), at a whopping 4181 meters.
Vinson Massif (''Mount Vinson'') — the highest point in Antarctica, 4,892 meters (16,050 feet); climbs can be arranged by international travel agencies (for some tens of thousands of dollars (US) per person), and take around 14 days round trip from Punta Arenas. Aside from the weather and the absurd difficulties involved in transport there, the climb is supposed to be pretty easy, especially by "seven summits" standards.
Itineraries