South Frigid Zone

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South′ Frig′id Zone`

the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

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South Frigid Zone - the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

Antarctic, Antarctic Zone

Antarctic continent, Antarctica - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"

Antarctic Ocean - the southern waters surrounding Antarctica

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will be A.D.) Pomponius Mela, accepting a spherical Earth, suggested that it be divided into a North Frigid Zone and a South Frigid Zone in the neighborhood of the poles, a Torrid Zone in the neighborhood of the Equator, and a North Temperate Zone and a South Temperate Zone in between.