- Antarctica - Wikipedia
Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi)
- Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, Facts | Britannica
Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5 5 million square miles (14 2 million square km) in size
- Antarctica: Five facts about the icy continent - BBC Bitesize
Antarctica was first sighted by humans just 200 years ago Conditions are so ferocious that no human lives there permanently; instead, scientists go for few months at a time, living in specialist
- Antarctic Factsheet - British Antarctic Survey
Antarctica is a place of extremes It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on Earth This factsheet gives fascinating details of Antarctica’s geographical statistics – its area, length, height, ice thickness and many others
- What is Antarctica? - Antarctica. uk
Antarctica, an icy continent The Antarctic continent has an almost circular shape, from which the Antarctic Peninsula penetrates in the south-north direction It has a diameter of about 4500 km and an area of around 14 million km and less than 1% is free of ice
- Antarctica - Royal Museums Greenwich
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth Where is Antarctica? Antarctica is the most inhospitable place on the planet It is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean, situated over the South Pole and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle
- Frequently Asked Questions About Antarctica - NASA
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on Earth It is almost completely covered in ice Antarctica covers the Earth’s South Pole What Is Antarctica Like? Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth The average temperature in the winter is minus 34 4 Celsius (minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Antarctica - National Geographic Society
Without any ice, Antarctica would emerge as a giant peninsula and archipelago of mountainous islands, known as Lesser Antarctica, and a single large landmass about the size of Australia, known as Greater Antarctica
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