Antarctica

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Antarctica is a continent located at the far south of the world. The weather there is extremely cold. About 98% of Antarctica is covered with ice. Very few people live there, except in the small towns of McMurdo and Palmer on the seashore. There is a science station at the South Pole where experiments are done relating mostly to weather and outer space exploration. People who want to go to Antarctica fly there. It is also possible to book cruises departing from Ushuaia, southern Argentina. Antarctica is bigger than Europe.

Antarctica is the only continent with no countries in it. By international treaty, none of the land in Antarctica belongs to any country.

There are very few plants in Antarctica; the only large air-breathing animals are penguins, seals, and whales.

Antarctica is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean, but more lately, the seas right around it have together been called the Southern Ocean. The next nearest continent is South America.

In Antarctica, it is always dark during the winter, and bright during the summer.

There is one volcano in Antarctica. It is named Mount Erebus.

[change] Other websites

• Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria
• L.L. Ivanov et al, Topographic map of Livingston Island and Greenwich Island

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