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Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Remarkable features
Antarctica's Surface : 14 000 000 km2
Maximum ice height : 4 000 m
The Southern Ocean is the only one that flows round the Earth (from west to east); it thus connects Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Currents : Antarctic Circumpolar Current (another name is West Wind Drift).
Southern Ocean on the Aviso website
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current as seen as altimetry on Google Earth (Download the kml file and open it in Google Earth).