Antarctica of centuries. Several Antarctic ice streams, which account for about 10% of the ice sheet, flow to one of the many Antarctic ice shelves: see ice-sheet dynamics. East Antarctica lies on the Indian Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains and comprises Coats Land, Queen Maud Land, Enderby Land, Mac. Robertson Land, Wilkes Land, and Victoria Land. All but a small portion of this region lies within the Eastern Hemisphere. East Antarctica is largely covered by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica at , is located in the Ellsworth Mountains. Antarctica contains many other mountains,
Omar Samra finally managed to go online via satellite he realized what had happened. Torn between heading back to Tahrir Square or continuing up the mountain he was already three quarters of the way up, Samra decided to keep on climbing and on 1 February 2011 he raised the Egyptian flag on the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas with the words 'Masr Lel Sha3b' written on the flag (translation: Egypt is for its people). On 5 January 2012 at 6:45 pm Antarctica time, Samra succeeded in reaching the highest point on the Antarctic continent which marked the 6th