- 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 is the world’s southernmost continent It is also the driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent It is the world’s highest continent, with an average elevation of about 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) above sea level What is the lowest temperature recorded in Antarctica?
- The geography of Antarctica - BBC Bitesize
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and least populated continent on the planet It is in the Southern Hemisphere and it is surrounded by the Southern Ocean Antarctica's nearest neighbour
- 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
- 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
- Introducing Antarctica
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and least populated of the world’s continents It has a unique landscape, distinctive ecosystems and is one of the world’s true wildernesses It is also home to cutting edge science, unprecedented international collaboration and growing numbers of tourists
- 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 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarctica is the Earth 's southernmost and the continent with the least people It is on the South Pole It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle Around Antarctica is the Southern Ocean It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America [2] About 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice
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