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Antarctica (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə / ⓘ) [note 1] is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. 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.
The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice. The Antarctic continent, located in the Earth 's southern hemisphere, is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle. It is washed by the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean or, depending on definition, the southern ...
3 dni temu · Antarctica is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size, and thick ice covers about 98 percent of the land. The continent is divided into East Antarctica (which is largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (which is largely an ice sheet covering an archipelago of mountainous islands).
Antarktyka [1] – część świata znajdująca się na półkuli południowej, która obejmuje Antarktydę oraz otaczający ją Ocean Południowy i położone na nim wyspy. Międzynarodowo uznawaną granicą Antarktyki jest równoleżnik 60°S.
The Antarctic is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, covering 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere and 5.5 percent of the land area. It includes the continent of Antarctica and other islands, and is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System and international conventions.
21 paź 2024 · Area. total : 14.2 million sq km. land: 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe. comparison ranking: total 2.
Learn about Antarctica's geography, history, wildlife and science from this factsheet by the UK's leading Antarctic research organisation. Find out the area, altitude, temperature, ice thickness and other statistics of the continent.
