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- 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
The southernmost parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans meet the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean, the cold oceanic water mass below 60° S with unique biological and physical characteristics
- Antarctica - National Geographic Society
Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human habitation There are, however, permanent human settlements, where scientists and support staff live for part of the year on a rotating basis The continent of Antarctica makes up most of the Antarctic region
- United States Antarctic Program - The USAP Portal: Science and Support . . .
USAP gov is the main repository for information about the United States Antarctic Program The site is designed for the general public, news agencies, academia, and program participants
- Antarctica: The Southernmost Continent | Live Science
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on Earth The Antarctic ice sheet contains about 7 2 million cubic miles (30 million cubic kilometers) in an area just under 1 5 times
- What Is Antarctica? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Though Antarctica is really, really chilly, it is considered a desert because it receives very little rain or snowfall The small amount of snow that does fall does not melt but builds up over hundreds and thousands of years to form large, thick ice sheets Antarctica's terrain is made up of glaciers, ice shelves and icebergs
- Antarctica - The World Factbook
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- Antarctic - Wikipedia
The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and other island territories located on the Antarctic Plate or south of the Antarctic Convergence
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