Ecuadorian Antarctica Day . It is celebrated on January 3 . It is a day in which he makes a historic claim for the national rights of one of the most inhospitable areas on the planet, Antarctica .
Summary
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- 1 Origin
- 2 Antarctica
- 3 Climate
- 4 Antarctic Division
- 5 Sources
Origin
The Ecuadorian Antarctic Day began to be celebrated in 1967 . The National Constituent Assembly in that year vindicated the Ecuadorian right to Antarctica. In 1990 , January 3 was declared the Ecuadorian Antarctic Day.
Antarctica
Antarctica or Antarctic Continent is the continent that is located at the South Pole . It is the fourth largest continent with a total area of 14,000,000 km2, reaching an ice-free area during the summer of about 180,000 km2. It houses 80% of the planet’s fresh water .
Weather
Antarctica has a polar climate where generally the temperature does not exceed 0ºC. The average temperature of the northern coastal areas can reach -17ºC, being able to reach extreme temperatures of up to -89.3 ºC as happened in Vostok on July 21, 1983.
The low temperatures in addition to its location are due to the little solar radiation it receives. Between 80% and 90% of the radiation it receives is reflected by the ice, thus avoiding the heating of the surface.
Global warming is causing the loss of about 152 km2 in Antarctica, thus increasing the sea level each year by 0.4 mm. Antarctica is located at:
- 1000 km of South America.
- 2200 km from New Zealand.
- 2530 km from Tasmania.
- 3135 km from Australia.
- 3800 km of Africa.
Antarctic Division
- Western or Lesser Antarctica : this part of Antarctica has a very rugged relief and is made up of sedimentary rocks from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Age .
- East Antarctica : this part is made up of a huge tabular plateau and Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks.
More than 160 million years ago Antarctica was part of Gondwana along with India , Australia , Africa , New Zealand and South America . After the fragmentation of Gondwana, Antarctica was united with Australia until it ended up separating about 80 million years ago.
