the antarctic peninsula is an interglacial habitat.
the antarctic peninsula is an interglacial habitat.
what kind of habitat is the antarctic peninsula?
an interglacial
there are various volcanoes in the islands around the antarctic peninsula. this volcanism is related to extensional tectonics in bransfield rift to the west and larsen rift to the east.









































the landscape of the peninsula is typical antarctic tundra. the peninsula has a sharp elevation gradient, with glaciers flowing into the larsen ice shelf, which experienced significant breakup in 2002. other ice shelves on the peninsula include george vi ice shelf, wilkins ice shelf, wordie ice shelf and the bach ice shelf. the filchner-ronne ice shelf lies to the east of the peninsula.
antarctic peninsula
because the antarctic peninsula, which reaches north of the antarctic circle, is the most northerly part of antarctica, it has the mildest climates within this continent. its temperatures are warmest in january, averaging , and coldest in june, averages from . its west coast from the tip of the antarctic peninsula south to 68°s, which has a maritime antarctic climate, is the mildest part of the antarctic peninsula. within this part of the antarctic peninsula, temperatures exceed for 3 or 4 months during the summer, and rarely fall below during the winter. farther south along the west coast and the northeast coast of the peninsula, mean monthly temperatures exceed for only 1 or 2 months of summer and average around in winter. the east coast of the antarctic peninsula south of 63°s is generally much colder, with mean temperatures exceeding for only 0 or 1 month of summer, and winter mean temperatures ranging from . the colder temperatures of the southeast, weddell sea side, of the antarctic peninsula are reflected in the persistence of ice shelves that cling to the eastern side.
antarctic peninsula