• Tja@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    27
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    Nope. You could as well say: Mediterranean Sea, north of Antarctica.

    I have two dollars, less than infinity.

    The temperature is pleasant, higher than absolute zero.

    Doesn’t add anything. There are no seas south of Antarctica.

    • LotrOrc@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      20
      ·
      2 days ago

      The map he linked literally shows the Ross sea south of Antarctica.

      Also since its earth is spherical and its near the south pole you can really go any direction and find a sea… that just becomes a matter of perspective.

      In this case, specifically, the wedell sea is to the north of the continent

      • Squorlple@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 day ago

        The perspective of a map does not change how the cardinal directions relate to each other. You may be confused about how in slang, “south” may mean below and “north” may mean “above”, but that slang usage does not apply with geography where these terms are rigidly defined. The South Pole is categorically the southernmost point* — there is no location more south than the South Pole. The South Pole is located within Antarctica; ergo, there is no location more south than Antarctica.

        *it’s beside the point to distinguish between the Magnetic South Pole and the True South Pole for this discussion but I figured I’d mention it

      • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        2 days ago

        Tthat’s not south of Antarctica though. It’s below, in terms of the map’s perspective, but “absolute south” is the middle of the picture. Anywhere outside Antarctica is north of Antarctica.

      • Tja@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        I’m not sure you understand what south means. It’s not “on the bottom of a map”, it’s “towards the south pole”. The south pole is in the middle of the linked map. On Antarctica.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      2 days ago

      It adds something, it specifies the nearest location, if we assume the basic sanity of the sentence. Mediterranean Sea, north of Antarctica would be insane thing to say. Mediterranean Sea, north of Africa however is a proper signifier.

        • Nalivai@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          11 hours ago

          If you don’t know where Mediterranean Sea is, saying it’s north of Africa is a useful thing. Regardless of how many Mediterranean Seas there are.