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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 Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. It has an area of more than 14.2 million km 2.
Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent. It is also, on average, the highest of all the continents. [3] . Antarctica is considered a desert. [4] . It is the largest and coldest desert in the world. [5] . It has yearly precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) near the sea and far less inland. [6] .
May 1, 2024 · Terrain. about 99% thick continental ice sheet and 1% barren rock, with average elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 m; mountain ranges up to nearly 5,000 m; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula area, and parts of Ross Island on McMurdo Sound; glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline, and floating ice shelves ...
