Gottlieb volcano3/17/2024 ![]() The temperature in Antarctica has dropped to −89.2 ☌ (−128.6 ☏) (or even −94.7 ☌ or −138.5 ☏, as measured from space), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest part of the year) is −63 ☌ (−81 ☏). Most of Antarctica is a polar desert, with annual precipitation of 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland yet 80% of the world freshwater reserves are stored there, enough to raise global sea levels by about 60 metres (200 ft) if all of it were to melt. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi 6,200 ft) in thickness.Īntarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. It is by far the least populated continent, with around 5,000 people in the summer and around 1,000 in the winter. At 14,200,000 square kilometres (5,500,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia. ![]() 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. Antarctica ( / æ n ˈ t ɑːr t ɪ k ə/ or / æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə/ ( listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. ![]()
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