Antarctandes
Sign in to savethumb|upright|300px|Map of the Antarctic Peninsula, with the Antarctandes Range in [[Graham Land & Palmer Land regions]] The Antarctandes (Antartandes in Spanish), also known as the Antarctic Peninsula cordillera, is the mountain range that is located on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, in the Graham Land and Palmer Land regions of Antarctica and may also be considered to extend across the continent.
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thumb|upright|300px|Map of the Antarctic Peninsula, with the Antarctandes Range in [[Graham Land & Palmer Land regions]] The Antarctandes (Antartandes in Spanish), also known as the Antarctic Peninsula cordillera, is the mountain range that is located on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, in the Graham Land and Palmer Land regions of Antarctica and may also be considered to extend across the continent.
==Geology== Some geologists consider the Antarctandes a southernmost continuation of the Andes Range System on Antarctica. According to this theory the Andes start at the border between Colombia and Venezuela; run along western South America; submerge into the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Tierra del Fuego to form the underwater Scotia Arc mountain range; resurface periodically in the Shag Rocks, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands; and finally resurface on the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Chile calls the peninsula ''Tierra de O'Higgins, and Argentina Tierra de San Martín''.