Antarctica covers the earth’s south pole. Despite its massive size, antarctica has no. The antarctic ice sheet contains about 7.2 million cubic miles (30 million cubic kilometers) in an area just under.
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Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and has the highest average elevation. General facts about antarctica, including geography, temperatures, and wildlife. Visit the definitions and notes page to view a description of each topic.
It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in).
It is almost completely covered in ice. 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 is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on earth. 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,.
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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