Rock surface of Antarctica and sea ground without its ice-shield, from 60 to 90 degrees South. This map does not consider that sea level would rise because of the melted ice, nor that the landmass would rise by several hundred meters over a few tens of thousands of years after the weight of the ice was no longer depressing the landmass.
2006-03-20
Own model based on data provided by BEDMAP Consortium, available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/data/access/bedmap/download/">http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/data/access/bedmap/download/</a> (20 March 2006)