bear in mind this is a mercator projection so the poles look disproportionately large, but the former south pole is a massive lump of land. The premise is a rise of some 350 feet, and yes, I know that the melting of all the ice would only cause a rise of 65 feet but this is fiction, and the land sank as well because of reasons. And it's my world and I'll break it if I want to.