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Map of Antarctica and the southern hemisphere for the w:Farthest South article, showing farthest south records from 1521 to 1911, as follows:

A Magellan 54°S, 71°W (approx, - longitude wasn't understood then)
B Hoces and Drake both 55°59'S, 67°16'W (coordinates of Cape Horn)
C Nodal 56°30'S, 68°44'W (coords of Diego Ramirez Is.)
D Cook (1773) 66°20'S, 39°35'E
E Cook (1774) 71°10'S 130°W
F Weddell 74°15'S, 30°12'W
G Ross (1841) 78°S, 164°W and Ross (1842) 78°10'S, 164°W (the 1841 & 1842 positions are so close that they are shown as a single dot)
H Borchgrevink 78°50'S, 162°W
I Scott 82°17'S 165°E
J Shackleton 88°23'S, 162°E
K Amundsen 90°
Date Septemebr 2008
Source Based on an original public domain map from Online Map Creation, (which uses GMT,[1] an open source software licensed under GNU GPL[2]), dots and labels added, and map rotated and colored by User:Ruhrfisch
Author Online Map Creation, Ruhrfisch
Other versions Image:Farthest South base map.png blank version of this map
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current17:50, 1 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:50, 1 October 2008439 × 439 (44 KB)Ruhrfisch{{Information |Description= Base map of Antarctica and the southern hemisphere for the Farthest South article, with no lat or long lines :A Magellan 54°S, 71°W (approx, - longitude wasn't understood then) :B Hoces and Drake both 55°59'S, 67°16'W

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