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Blank Map of Antarctica

Antarctica seen from above the South Pole, with regions, seas, ice shelves and research stations to label.

Blank Map of Antarctica

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Write the name of each numbered place.Answer key

  1. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
  2. Antarctic Peninsula
  3. East Antarctica
  4. McMurdo Station
  5. Ronne Ice Shelf
  6. Ross Ice Shelf
  7. Ross Sea
  8. Southern Ocean
  9. Transantarctic Mountains
  10. Vostok Station
  11. Weddell Sea
  12. West Antarctica
  13. Coats Land
  14. Ellsworth Land
  15. Enderby Land
  16. Marie Byrd Land
  17. Queen Maud Land
  18. Victoria Land
  19. Wilkes Land
  20. Amery Ice Shelf
  21. Amundsen Sea
  22. Bellingshausen Sea
  23. Davis Sea
  24. Filchner Ice Shelf
  25. Fimbul Ice Shelf
  26. Getz Ice Shelf
  27. Larsen Ice Shelf
  28. Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf
  29. Shackleton Ice Shelf
  30. Alexander Island
  31. Berkner Island
  32. Ellsworth Mountains
  33. South Shetland Islands
  34. Belgrano II Base
  35. Casey Station
  36. Concordia Research Station
  37. Davis Station
  38. Dumont d'Urville Station
  39. Esperanza Base
  40. Halley Station
  41. Maitri Station
  42. Mawson Station
  43. Mirny Station
  44. Neumayer Station III
  45. Orcadas Station
  46. Palmer Station
  47. Rothera Station
  48. Showa Station
  49. Troll Station
  50. Zucchelli Station

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Regions of the continent 10

  1. Antarctic Peninsula The major peninsula of Antarctica, at the upper left here.
  2. East Antarctica One of the two major regions, on the Indian Ocean side.
  3. West Antarctica One of the two major regions, on the Pacific Ocean side.
  4. Coats Land Land on the eastern shore of the Weddell Sea.
  5. Ellsworth Land High ice plateau between Marie Byrd Land and the Peninsula.
  6. Enderby Land A projecting land mass on the coast of East Antarctica.
  7. Marie Byrd Land The part of Antarctica east of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  8. Queen Maud Land A long stretch of coast, named for Queen Maud of Norway.
  9. Victoria Land The land on the western side of the Ross Sea.
  10. Wilkes Land A large land that fronts on the Indian Ocean.

Seas and ice shelves 15

  1. Ronne Ice Shelf The larger of two great ice shelves on the Weddell Sea.
  2. Ross Ice Shelf The largest ice shelf of Antarctica, on the Ross Sea.
  3. Ross Sea A large bay of the Pacific Ocean, cut deep into Antarctica.
  4. Southern Ocean The ocean around Antarctica, south of 60 degrees south.
  5. Weddell Sea A great ice-filled sea east of the Antarctic Peninsula.
  6. Amery Ice Shelf A broad ice shelf at the head of Prydz Bay.
  7. Amundsen Sea The sea off the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
  8. Bellingshausen Sea The sea between Alexander Island and Thurston Island.
  9. Davis Sea A sea along the coast, beside the Shackleton Ice Shelf.
  10. Filchner Ice Shelf The ice shelf east of Berkner Island, on the Weddell Sea.
  11. Fimbul Ice Shelf An ice shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land.
  12. Getz Ice Shelf A long ice shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
  13. Larsen Ice Shelf A long ice shelf on the east coast of the Peninsula.
  14. Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf A long ice shelf on the western coast of Queen Maud Land.
  15. Shackleton Ice Shelf A wide ice shelf on the coast of East Antarctica.

Mountains and islands 5

  1. Transantarctic Mountains The mountains that divide East Antarctica from West Antarctica.
  2. Alexander Island A large island west of the base of the Peninsula.
  3. Berkner Island An ice-covered island between the Ronne and Filchner ice shelves.
  4. Ellsworth Mountains A major group of mountains beside the Ronne Ice Shelf.
  5. South Shetland Islands A group of islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Research stations 20

  1. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station A United States station at the geographic South Pole.
  2. McMurdo Station A United States station on Ross Island, by the Ross Sea.
  3. Vostok Station A Russian station deep inside East Antarctica.
  4. Belgrano II Base Argentina runs this station all year, on Coats Land.
  5. Casey Station Australia runs this station all year, on the coast of Wilkes Land.
  6. Concordia Research Station France and Italy run this station together, far inland.
  7. Davis Station An Australian station near the Amery Ice Shelf.
  8. Dumont d'Urville Station France runs this station all year.
  9. Esperanza Base An Argentine station near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
  10. Halley Station The United Kingdom runs this station, by the Weddell Sea.
  11. Maitri Station India runs this station all year, in Queen Maud Land.
  12. Mawson Station An Australian station, opened in 1954.
  13. Mirny Station A Russian station on the coast of the Davis Sea.
  14. Neumayer Station III Germany runs this station all year, in Queen Maud Land.
  15. Orcadas Station An Argentine station on the South Orkney Islands.
  16. Palmer Station A United States station on an island beside the Peninsula.
  17. Rothera Station A United Kingdom station on an island beside the Peninsula.
  18. Showa Station Japan's station, also spelled Syowa.
  19. Troll Station Norway runs this station, in Queen Maud Land.
  20. Zucchelli Station Italy runs this station in the summer season only.

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01. Every name was then read in two more places on 2026-10-01. First, the U.S. Geological Survey's gazetteer of Antarctica (Geographic Names Information System, file Gazetteer_Antarctica_GPKG.zip dated 2026-09-30, https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/Antarctica/Gazetteer_Antarctica_GPKG.zip): it holds 49 of the 50 names, 42 in the spelling used here and seven stations in a slightly different form that is accepted as an answer (Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station with a hyphen, Belgrano II Station, Concordia Station, Esperanza Station, Neumayer Station, Syowa Station, Mario Zucchelli Station). It has no entry for the Southern Ocean, which was read at the U.S. National Ocean Service instead (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/howmanyoceans.html: the water from the coast of Antarctica to 60 degrees south). Second, Wikipedia: Antarctica, Southern Ocean, List of Antarctic ice shelves and Research stations in Antarctica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_stations_in_Antarctica), whose table lists all 20 stations with the same operating country as the gazetteer. The detail lines of the regions, islands, mountains, seas and ice shelves follow the gazetteer's description of each name; a station's line gives its country, and a place or year only where both sources agree. The two sources often differ on a station's opening year, so years are left out but for Mawson (1954 in both). No territorial claim is drawn or named: the source files the whole continent under no country, and the faint straight lines are the limits of its named regions. The six sets are a teaching order of this site. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_antarctic_ice_shelves_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_antarctic_ice_shelves_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 90°S 0°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Antarctica shows the whole continent with the Southern Ocean around it and the South Pole in the middle. Fifty places can be labeled: regions, seas, ice shelves, mountains, islands and research stations.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank, a plain Antarctica outline map with its ice shelves drawn in. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the fifty places, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

Finding your way on a polar map

The Antarctic Peninsula points to the upper left. The Ross Ice Shelf, the largest ice shelf of Antarctica, is at the bottom, and the Ronne and Filchner ice shelves, together the second largest, lie across the continent from it on the Weddell Sea.

  • Fifty numbers is a lot for one Antarctica blank map: give each group one kind to label, the seas or the research stations.

Questions and answers

Is there a blank political map of Antarctica?

Not one with countries on it. Seven countries have made territorial claims, but the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 sets the continent aside for science, and this map draws no claims. The faint straight lines are the limits of named regions.

Is this a physical map of Antarctica?

Yes, in the plain sense: it shows land regions, two mountain ranges, ice shelves and seas. Printed with nothing written on it, it is an Antarctica physical map, blank for labeling. Single peaks such as Vinson Massif are not on it.

Is there an Antarctica map quiz?

Yes. Press Quiz yourself on this map and the page names one place at a time for you to tap. The twelve big features, from the Ross Sea to the South Pole station, are asked first.

Who runs the research stations on the map?

Eleven countries run the twenty stations shown. The United States, Argentina and Australia have three each, Russia and the United Kingdom two each, and France and Italy share Concordia. Many smaller stations are left off so that every dot can be tapped.

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