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PALMER PENINSULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
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 ("Palmer 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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