Antarctica Mapped

Antarctica Mapped

Updated: July 06, 2010

NASA scientists have completed the first detailed map of Antarctica-- mountains and ridges down to the size of half a basketball court can now be seen.

The map was pieced together from various satellite images, because it's too cold to map the continent by hand. Unimpressed? See if you can put together one part of the map below.

To see the rest of Antarctica up close, go to http://lima.usgs.gov/

Image: Antarctica Mapped Puzzle
Antarctica Mapped Puzzle

Try your hand at creating a map from these pieces-- just like NASA scientists did

 
 
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