Antarctica

One liner along with important information about continents will be covered in this section of exams mcqs. Here you will find information about Antarctica continent.

1. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent.
2. Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth.
3. The total surface area is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km).
4. Antarctica is the least populated continent.
5. The number of residents varies, from around 1,100 in the harsh Antarctic winter to around 4,400 in the milder summer months of October to February, plus an additional staff of 1,000 in the nearby waters.
6. Antarctica is an ice-covered continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
7. Antarctica is an icy desert.
8. Antarctica is the windiest place.
9. Antarctica has the highest average elevation of all continents.
10. The highest mountain on Antarctica is Mount Vinson.
11. Antarctica contains more than 90% of the world’s ice.
12. Antarctica contains more than 90% of our planet’s fresh water.
13. British explorer James Cook and his crew crossed the Antarctic Circle for the first time in 1773.
14. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole in 1911.
15. British polar explorer Earnest Shackleton undertook
16. The continent is divided into East three Antarctic explorations and was the first to the Antarctic treaty was signed by 12 countries on December 1,1959 (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States and USSR).
17. 7 countries have territories in Antarctica (France, UK, New Zeeland, Norway, Australia, Chile and Argentina).

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