Antarctica - Wikipedia Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on average, and has the highest average elevation It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland
Antarctica - National Geographic Society 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, known as Greater Antarctica
Antarctic - Wikipedia It is diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole By another definition, 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
Antarctica - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Antarctica is the Earth 's southernmost and the continent with the least people 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] About 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice
Antarctica Facts: Geography, Climate History Essential Antarctica facts: geography, record climate, who owns it, the Antarctic Treaty, heroic-age history and how you can visit the white continent