# 20: Antarctic Mainland

The region encompasses mainland Antarctica. In the RGI, the region does not include any glaciers (yet).

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- 20-01: Antarctic Mainland
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## Changes from version 6.0 to 7.0

This region was added in RGI 7.0. The previous first-order region `19` was split into two regions: former subregion `19-31` was removed from region `19` and now defines the new first-order region `20`. The split was motivated by the fact that RGI 7.0 and all previous versions included a complete inventory of the glaciers on the islands in the periphery of mainland Antarctica, but no glaciers on the mainland itself, although inventories (though incomplete) exist.

## Additional information 


```{admonition} Version history
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This region was added in v7.0

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