Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
5 days ago · Antarctica is the world’s southernmost continent. It is also the driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. It is the world's highest continent, with an average elevation of about 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) above sea level. What is the lowest temperature recorded in Antarctica?
50 amazing facts about Antarctica - Live Science
Jan 27, 2023 · Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest continent on the planet, and researchers are still discovering many of its secrets.
41 Interesting Facts About Antarctica - The Fact File
Aug 26, 2019 · Facts about Antarctica, where the world’s oldest sperm was found. Learn more about its discovery, geology, weather, history, life existence, ice sheets and more.
Antarctica - Education | National Geographic Society
The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere encompassed by the Antarctic Convergence. The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the world’s oceans. The Antarctic covers approximately 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere.
50 FUN & Interesting Facts About Antarctica - The World Pursuit
Oct 26, 2023 · Everyone knows that Antarctica is the 7th continent, a frozen tundra, and home to penguins. But did you know that Antarctica is a desert? Or how about that meteorites are found on the continent or that only 10 people have been born on the continent? These are just a few facts about Antarctica that we learned when we traveled there.
80 Cool Antarctica Facts You Should Know About Today
Oct 10, 2024 · Antarctica’s reputation as a frozen land at the bottom of the world might make it seem an uninteresting place, but nothing can be further from the truth. There are plenty of interesting facts about the southernmost continent. You just have to know where to look, just like these Antarctica facts.
Antarctica - The World Factbook
4 days ago · In 1840, it was finally established that Antarctica was indeed a continent and not merely a group of islands or an area of ocean. Several exploration "firsts" were achieved in the …
Antarctica: The Southernmost Continent - Live Science
Sep 21, 2018 · Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent. It contains 90 percent of all of the ice on Earth in an area just under 1.5 times the size of the United States. But the...
Antarctica - The World Factbook
Nov 15, 2021 · the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth; severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly ...
Antarctica: Five facts about the icy continent - BBC Bitesize
We take a look at Antarctica's ecosystem and some of its native animals, including the biggest mammal in the world.