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Contents 1 Cities and settlements 2 Shops and service facilities 2.1 Brand names 3 Geography 4 Nature 4.1 Animals 4.2 Plants 5 Gardens, zoos and aquaria 6 Culture, sport and recreation 7 Religion 8 Science 9 Transportation 10 Other 11 See also 12 References

[edit] Cities and settlements

Item	Place	Latitude/Longitude
Capital (of an independent nation)	Wellington, New Zealand	41°17′S 174°47′E
Permanent settlement of any size	Amundsen-Scott Base, Antarctica	90°00′S
Town > 1000	Puerto Williams, Chile	54°56′S 67°37′W
City > 50 000	Ushuaia, Argentina	54°48′S 68°18′W
City > 100 000	Punta Arenas, Chile	53°10′S 70°56′W
City > 1 million	Melbourne, Australia	37°49′S 144°58′E

See also: Southernmost settlements

[edit] Shops and service facilities

Item	Place	Latitude/Longitude
Bank	Villa Las Estrellas, King George Island, Antarctica	62°10′S 58°50′W
Automatic Teller Machine	McMurdo Station, Antarctica	77°51′S 166°40′E
Hospital	Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica	62°10′S 58°50′W
Hotel	Puerto Williams, Chile	54º55'59"S 67º37'00"W
Irish Pub	The Galways, Ushuaia, Argentina	54°48′S 68°18′W
Kindergarten	Puerto Williams[1], Chile	54º55'59"S 67º37'00"W
Public library	Ushuaia, Argentina	54°48′S 68°18′W
Medieval stone castle	Pucará de Quitor, Chile	22°29′S 69°54′W
Newspaper office	Ushuaia, Argentina	54°48′S 68°18′W
Post office	Scott Base, Antarctica	77°51′S 166°45′E
Restaurant [2] (Depending on definition)	Galley at Amundsen-Scott station, Antarctica; Camblor, Puerto Williams, Chile
School	Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica	62°10′S 58°50′W
Supermarket	Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica	62°10′S 58°50′W
Tourist office	Puerto Williams[3], Chile	54º55'59"S 67º37'00"W
Naval Base	Puerto Williams, Chile	54º55'59"S 67º37'00"W

[edit] Brand names

Item	Place	Latitude/Longitude
Denny's restaurant	Christchurch, New Zealand	43°32'S, 172°37′E.
Holiday Inn Hotel	Christchurch, New Zealand
IKEA furniture store	Richmond, Melbourne, Australia
McDonald's restaurant	Punta Arenas, Chile	53°10′S 70°56′W
Subway sandwich restaurant	Invercargill, New Zealand

[edit] Geography

• Land (ice covered): the Geographic South Pole, Antarctica, 90°S
• Land (ice free): variable
• Active volcano: Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 77°32′S 167°17′E
• Sea (ice covered): variable
• Open sea in summer: variable

[edit] Nature

[edit] Animals

• Birds:
  • Penguin: A variety of species lives on or near to Antarctica
  • South Polar Skua, seen at the South Pole [4]
• Mammals:
  • Hershkovitz yellow-nosed mouse (Abrothrix hershkovitzi), Cabo de Hornos Island, Chile, 55º55′S 67°20′W
  • Marsupial: Monito del monte in Chile
  • Deer: Pudú
  • Polar Bear: Atamiski Island, James Bay, Ontario, Canada, 53º N
• Land reptile: Magellanic lizard (Liolaemus magellanicus), Northern Tierra del Fuego, 54ºS

[edit] Plants

• Flowering plants: (naturally growing, there is a greenhouse at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, presumedly within a few hundred meters of the Pole) [5])
  • Monocotyledons: Antarctic Hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica), Antarctic Peninsula, about 63°S
  • Dicotyledons: Antarctic Pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), Antarctic Peninsula, about 63°S
• Shrubs:
  • Drimys (Winter's Bark Drimys winteri): Cape Horn Island, about 55°55′S (Moore 1983)
• Trees (see also tree line):
  • Nothofagus (Antarctic Beech Nothofagus antarctica): Isla Hoste south of Tierra del Fuego, about 55°30′S
  • Palms (Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida, naturally occurring): Chatham Islands, New Zealand, 44°00′S [6]
• Conifers (Pilgerodendron Pilgerodendron uviferum): Isla Hoste south of Tierra del Fuego, about 55°30′S (Moore 1983)
• Ferns (Blechnum penna-marina): Cape Horn Island, about 55°55′S (Moore 1983)

[edit] Gardens, zoos and aquaria

• Botanical garden:
• Zoo: Punta Arenas, Chile
• Magdalena Island Penguin Reserve [7]

[edit] Culture, sport and recreation

Item	Place	Latitude/Longitude
Top-level football (soccer) team	Club de Deportes Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile
Cricket ground	Stewart Island, New Zealand	46°54'S 168°08'E
Museum	Puerto Williams, Chile	54º55'59"S 67º37'00"W

[edit] Religion

• Buddhist Stupa:
• Cathedral: Sagrado Corazón Catedral, Punta Arenas, Chile [8]
• Mosque: Dunedin, New Zealand (45° 52' S 170° 30' E)
• Synagogue: Possibly the Dunedin Jewish congregation.
• Latter-day Saint temple: Melbourne, Australia (37° 52' 8" S 145° 12' 45" E)
• Church: Trinity Church, King George Island, Antarctica
• Hindu temple: Centro Cultural y Templo Hindu, Punta Arenas, Chile^[1]

[edit] Science

• Research station: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, 90°00′
• University: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Ushuaia, Argentina, 54°48′S 68°18′W

[edit] Transportation

• Road with connection to main road network: Ushuaia, Argentina, 54°48′S 68°18′W
• Prepared road useable with special vehicles: McMurdo-South Pole highway reaches the South Pole 90°00′S.
• Motorway: Dunedin, New Zealand, 45°52'S 170°30'E
• National railway: Puerto Deseado, Argentina, 47° S
• Underground railway: City Loop, Melbourne, Australia, 37°49′S 144°58′E
• Touristic railway: Ushuaia to neighbouring Parque National Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 54°48′S
• Seaport: McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 77°51′S
• Airport: permanent with scheduled flights, Ushuaia, Argentina
• Airport: permanent without scheduled flights, Jack F. Paulus Skiway at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, ICAO Code-NZSP, 90°00′S

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

• The World's most northern
• Extreme points of the World
• List of countries by southernmost point

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2006/8/12.shtml

• Moore, D. M. (1983). Flora of Tierra del Fuego.