Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage

Airports 42 landing facilities at different locations operated by 16 nationalgovernments party to the Treaty; one additional air facility operated by commercial(non-governmental) tourist organization; helicopter pads at 32 of these locations;runways at 10 locations are gravel, sea ice, glacier ice, or compacted snowsurface suitable for wheeled fixed-wing aircraft; no paved runways; 17 locationshave snow-surface skiways limited to use by ski-equipped planes - 1 skiwaygreater than 3,000 m, 19 runways/skiways 1,000 to 3,000 m, 2 runways/skiwaysless than 1,000 m, and 5 of unspecified or variable length; airports generallysubject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonaland geographic conditions; airports do not meet ICAO standards; advance approvalfrom the respective governmental or non-governmental operating organizationrequired for landing (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Antarctica on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Antarctica Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Antarctica Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.