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noun - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle
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ANTARCTICA - Antarctica (UK: or , US: ( listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic regio...
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The Indian Ocean's longest north-south distance measures about 6,100 miles from Pakistan to this continent |
Meteorites from Mars have been found on this cold continent at the bottom of the world |
Robert Scott set off to explore this continent, where he named a peninsula for King Edward VII |
Referring to the Great Bear constellation, this area's name is from the Greek meaning "opposite the bear" |
An Australian territorial claim covers 42% of this continent |
The only continent that fits the category |
The first 2 decades of the 20th century are called the "heroic era" of exploration of this continent |
At 16,800 feet, Vinson Massif is the highest point on this continent |
Sir Vivian Fuchs, who led the first known expedition across this continent, died in 1999 at 91 |
I will journey to this continent to climb some of the Queen Maud Mountains, named for the Queen of Norway |
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an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep |
the continent around the South Pole |
A continent round the South Pole, situated mainly within the Antarctic Circle and almost entirely covered by ice sheets. Its exploitation is governed by an international treaty of 1959, which was renewed in 1991. |
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Antarctica (UK: or , US: ( listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. * Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached 89.2 °C (128.6 °F) (or even 94.7 °C as measured from space), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest p |