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Table 9.8
Distribution (area and percentage of total area) of soil taxa
a
by region in Antarctica
Approx. area
(km
2
)
Region
LHt
GHt
THt
AqHt
TAt
LAt
LAqt
LAo
TAo
THo LHo
1
Queen Maud
Land
3,400
%
0
5
24
0
15
2
0
4
45
0
0
km
2
0
170
816
0
510
68
0
136
1,530
0
0
2
Enderby Land
1,500
%
25
4
30
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
30
km
2
375
60
450
0
0
0
45
0
45
0
450
3
MacRobertson
Land
5,400
%
0
17
6
0
23
0
0
7
36
0
0
km
2
0
918
324
0
1,242
0
0
378
1,944
0
0
4
Wilkes Land
700
%
0
0
7
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
58
km
2
0
0
49
0
0
0
49
0
0
0
406
5a
Pensacola
Mtns.
1,500
%
0
7
9
0
17
0
0
4
47
0
0
km
2
0
105
135
0
255
0
0
60
705
0
0
5b
Transantarctic Mtns.
NVL
2,420
%
0
36
0
0
36
0
0
14
14
0
0
km
2
0
871
0
0
871
0
0
339
339
0
0
CVL
10,890
%
0
2
36
0
14
2
0
1
43
0
0
km
2
0
218
3,920
0
1,525
163
0
54
4,683
0
0
SVL
10,890
%
0
7
9
0
17
0
0
4
47
0
0
km
2
0
762
980
0
1,851
0
0
436
5,118
0
0
Subtotal
24,200
km
2
0
1,851
4,901
0
4,247
163
0
829
10,140
0
0
6
Ellsworth
Mtns.
2,100
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
27
14
18
km
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
756
567
294
378
7
Marie Byrd
Land
700
%
0
0
0
10
0
40
0
40
0
0
0
km
2
0
0
0
70
0
280
0
280
0
0
0
8
Antarctic Peninsula
S. Orkney,
S. Shetland Is.
645
%
4
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
41
0
km
2
26
0
26
13
0
0
0
0
0
264
0
9,355
%
4
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
km
2
374 0 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 374 561
Subtotal
10,000
km
2
400
0 213 13 0 0 0 0 0 638 561
Grand total
49,500
km
2
775 3,104 6,888 83 6,254 511 94 2,439
14,931 932 1,795
% 2 6 14 0 13 1 0 5 30 2 4
a
LHt
Lithic Haploturbels,
GHt
Glacic Haploturbels,
THt
Typic Haploturbels,
AqHt
Aquic Haploturbels,
TAo
Typic Anhyorthels,
THo
Typic Haplorthels,
LHo
Lithic Haplorthels,
GHo
Glacic Haporthels,
Spodorthels,
Orn
Ornithogenic soils,
LHs
Lithic Hemistels,
LFs
Lithic Fibristels,
TGe
Typic
Lithic Gelisaprists,
Lcfoh
Lithic Gelifolists
Palmer,
Graham Lands
