The world's most southern

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[edit] City life

[edit] Geography

• Land (ice covered): the Geographic South Pole, Antarctica, 90°S
• Land (ice free): variable
• Active volcano: Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 77°32′S 167°17′E
• Sea (ice covered): variable
• Open sea in summer: variable

[edit] Nature

[edit] Animals

• Bird: South Polar Skua, seen at the South Pole [1]

[edit] Plants

• Flowering plants: (naturally growing, there is a greenhouse at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, presumedly within a few hundred meters of the Pole) [2])
  • Monocotyledons: Antarctic Hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica), Antarctic Peninsula, about 63°S
  • Dicotyledons: Antarctic Pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), Antarctic Peninsula, about 63°S
• Shrubs:
  • Drimys (Winter's Bark Drimys winteri): Cape Horn Island, about 55°55′S (Moore 1983)
• Trees (see also tree-line):
  • Nothofagus (Antarctic Beech Nothofagus antarctica): Isla Hoste south of Tierra del Fuego, about 55°30′S
  • Palms (Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida, naturally occurring): Chatham Islands, New Zealand, 44°00′S [3]
• Conifers (Pilgerodendron Pilgerodendron uviferum): Isla Hoste south of Tierra del Fuego, about 55°30′S (Moore 1983)
• Ferns (Blechnum penna-marina): Cape Horn Island, about 55°55′S (Moore 1983)

[edit] Gardens, zoos and aquaria

• Botanical garden:
• Zoo:

[edit] Recreation

[edit] Religion

• Buddhist Stupa:
• Cathedral: Sagrado Corazón Catedral, Punta Arenas, Chile [4]
• Mosque: Dunedin, New Zealand (45° 52' S 170° 30' E)
• Synagogue: Possibly the Dunedin Jewish congregation.
• Latter-day Saint temple: Melbourne, Australia (37° 52' 8" S 145° 12' 45" E)
• Church: Trinity Church, King George Island, Antarctica

[edit] Science

• Research station: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, 90°00′

[edit] Transportation

• Road with connection to main road network: Ushuaia, Argentina, 54°48′S 68°18′W
• Motorway: Dunedin, New Zealand
• National railway: Puerto Deseado, Argentina, 47° S
• Touristic railway: Ushuaia to neighbouring Parque National Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 54°48′S
• Airport: permanent with scheduled flights, Ushuaia, Argentina
• Airport: permanent without scheduled flights, South Pole

[edit] Culture and Music

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

• The world's most northern

[edit] References

• Moore, D. M. (1983). Flora of Tierra del Fuego.