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When the glaciers melted, the land beneath rose as the weight was removed. This process created massive seismic events as well as increased volcanic activity. The Palmer Peninsula and the Ellsworth Mountains had comparably fewer glaciers, and hence less isostatic rebound.
Antarctica has undergone glaciation and deglaciation multiple times, so the geology along the fault lines tends to move smoothly without excessive binding - which creates massive earthquakes. None-the-less, the very rapid loss of mile thick glaciers created quite a few major earthquakes throughout Antarctica.
West Antarctica is the "small" peninsula that connects in the middle of the much larger East Antarctica. The TransAntarctic Mountains run North-South (west of the South Pole) between East & West Antarctica - and also provide the western coast of East Antarctica.
The first Scandinavian settlements were on the Palmer Peninsula (going north from West Antarctica towards South America) and just northeast of the Ellsworth Mountains of West Antarctica. (the highest mountains of Antarctica).
Antarctica has undergone glaciation and deglaciation multiple times, so the geology along the fault lines tends to move smoothly without excessive binding - which creates massive earthquakes. None-the-less, the very rapid loss of mile thick glaciers created quite a few major earthquakes throughout Antarctica.
West Antarctica is the "small" peninsula that connects in the middle of the much larger East Antarctica. The TransAntarctic Mountains run North-South (west of the South Pole) between East & West Antarctica - and also provide the western coast of East Antarctica.
The first Scandinavian settlements were on the Palmer Peninsula (going north from West Antarctica towards South America) and just northeast of the Ellsworth Mountains of West Antarctica. (the highest mountains of Antarctica).
The two earlier Australian settlements were around their two Antarctic bases.of the 21st Century. One is on the large bay at "3 o'clock" and the other on the coast at "5 o'clock".
By 2340, only the mountain glaciers of West Antarctica and some higher elevation glaciers in East Antarctica remain, and they are still retreating.
Of the 1.9 million citizens of Antarctica, only 270,000 live in East Antarctica.
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