Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or resembling regions just north of the Antarctic Circle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Near, or just outside of, the Antarctic ocean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a region in the
Southern Hemisphere immediatelynorth ofAntarctica and covering the manyislands of the southern parts of theIndian Ocean ,Atlantic Ocean andPacific Ocean , which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Climate: Mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Argentina 2009
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The park contains two well delimited major phytogeographical formations: subantarctic Patagonian forest and Patagonian steppe.
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The climate is subtropical and strongly influenced by fluctuations in the general northward flow of the cold subantarctic Humboldt ocean current and the south east trade winds, that creates a high-winter and low-summer rainfall pattern and a stable-temperature environment.
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Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are a classic example of a subantarctic island group with low species diversity, but huge populations of certain species.
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The NZSAI taken together, are the most diverse and extensive of all subantarctic archipelagos.
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Argentinamostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Climate 2008
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The Chatham forest flora has affinities with the Kermadec islands, Norfolk Island, and the New Zealand mainland, while the Chathams heathland has strong affinities with the flora of other subantarctic islands such as Campbell Island, the Snares, and the Solander Islands.
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Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli, Ross seal Ommatophoca rossi and crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus are occasionally present on Heard Island (at the extreme northern limit of their pelagic ranges), while subantarctic fur seal A. tropicalis was first recorded on Heard Island in 1987/88.
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Role of iron, light, and silicate in controlling algal biomass in subantarctic waters SE of New Zealand.
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Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Argentina 2008
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