All the locations shown on this website are labeled within these maps.
"East" and "West" Antarctica are designated based upon their global positions: West Antarctica is south of the Americas while East Antarctica is 'below' the eastern hemisphere. This looks weird on the regional maps in this collection that show north being 'up', yet East and West Antarctica on the 'wrong' sides. The helicopters, which fly regionally, use normal coordinates along with the rest of us. Meanwhile, the LC 130's from the NYANG, our big fixed wing aircraft, fly continentally (including to the South Pole so) have to use the Grid North system.
We like to remind each other that it's the "highest, driest, coldest, windiest continent". Despite temps, (record low is -128°F or -89.6°C), wind is the biggest factor limiting human activity. Antarctica receives less than 4-1/2" of precipitation a year, similar to the amount the driest part of the Sahara Desert receives. At 5.5 million sq. miles, Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, as big as the US and Mexico combined. It has been administered by the Antarctic Treaty since 1961. Despite claims, no country has any sovereignty over any part of it. Dozens of nations have stations or research involvement (research is shared), and no military or resource extraction activities are permitted. Summer tourists and station workers number 20,000 (surprised?), yet only 1,200 “winter over” as station workers. The vast majority of human use (esp tourists) is on the Peninsula, where relative warmth supports many plants and animals, unlike the rest of the continent.