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Antarctica (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə / ⓘ) 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.
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- Geography of Antarctica
The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar...
- Tourism in Antarctica
Tourism started in Antarctica by the sea in the 1960s. Air...
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The Onyx River is an Antarctic meltwater stream which flows...
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- Territorial Claims in Antarctica
The Antarctic ( / ænˈtɑːrtɪk / or / ænˈtɑːrktɪk /, American English also / æntˈɑːrtɪk / or / æntˈɑːrktɪk /; commonly / æˈnɑːrtɪk /) [Note 1] is a polar region around Earth 's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole .
2 days ago · Often described as a continent of superlatives, Antarctica is not only the world’s southernmost continent. It is also the world’s highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. 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.
ARTICLE. Antarctica is a unique continent in that it does not have a native human population. Grades. 9 - 12+. Subjects. Biology, Earth Science, Geology, Oceanography, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography. Photograph. Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human habitation.
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Antarctica is the Earth 's southernmost and least populous continent. 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]
The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on Earth. The continent is also extremely dry (it is a desert [1] ), averaging 166 mm (6.5 in) of precipitation per year. Snow rarely melts on most parts of the continent, and, after being compressed, becomes the glacier ice that makes up the ice sheet.
