South Shetland,South Orkney, South Georgian Islands, and others. Be-sides these, are a number of small islands, lying muchfarther north, of the same cold, barren, and desolatecharacter. They are chiefly volcanic in formation. Theirshores are frequented by the albatross and vast numbersof penguins;… … ^ * i ^. I b ASIA. 83 or plains, except in the east, which is very elevated.The rivers Sh and Amu or Oxus flow westward into theSea of Aral, an inland salt lake about the size of LakeSuperior, but very shallow, and decreasing in area. The extremes of heat and cold are great, and the onlyfertile…
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