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Saunders, Will; Lawrence, Jon S.; Storey, John W. V.; Ashley, Michael C. B.; Kato, Seiji; Minnis, Patrick; Winker, David M.; Liu, Guiping & Kulesa, Craig (2009). "Where Is the Best Site on Earth? Domes A, B, C, and F, and Ridges A and B".
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266:Exploration
235:, in which
205:Description
133: /
108:Coordinates
1506:Categories
1254:Heroic Age
1105:South Pole
1015:Heat waves
984:Antarctica
800:28 January
757:2009-12-22
736:2008-02-05
661:2013-12-11
609:2013-03-11
508:References
469:Dome Circe
310:ice divide
195:South Pole
183:Antarctica
167:Dome Argus
155:Antarctica
86:Prominence
59:Antarctica
27:Dome Argus
1406:Transport
1145:Lake CECs
1122:ice sheet
1078:ice sheet
1047:Volcanoes
1037:Mountains
992:Geography
947:Geography
691:0905.4156
487:Dome Fuji
401:Dome Fuji
241:Argonauts
146:Geography
76:Elevation
1476:Category
1381:Religion
1283:Politics
1201:Wildlife
1170:Ross Sea
1032:Glaciers
855:Archived
716:11166739
635:5 August
590:"Dome A"
444:See also
256:ice core
239:and the
171:ice dome
151:Location
1486:Commons
1401:Tourism
1346:Economy
1319:Society
1241:History
1211:Mammals
1100:Islands
1056:Regions
1027:Geology
1005:Climate
921:Portals
696:Bibcode
552:Bibcode
460:Ridge A
405:Ridge A
357:77°04′E
354:70°50′S
326:77°01′E
323:76°25′S
287:77°21′E
284:80°22′S
245:Colchis
173:on the
121:77°21′E
118:80°22′S
96:Listing
1083:shield
1042:Tundra
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483:Dome F
465:Dome C
163:Dome A
52:Dome A
22:Dome A
1491:Index
1411:Women
1361:Flags
1336:Crime
1274:Years
1216:Krill
1206:Birds
1191:Flora
712:S2CID
686:arXiv
237:Jason
227:Argus
101:Ultra
1396:Time
1184:Life
802:2009
780:2008
637:2019
432:The
415:The
382:and
232:Argo
704:doi
682:121
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