Antarctica is the southernmost continent located around the South Pole, covering over 14 million square kilometers and surrounded by the Southern Ocean. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, which averages at least 1.6 kilometers thick and contains around 90% of the world's ice and 70% of its fresh water; if this ice melted, sea levels would rise approximately 60 meters.

1. ANTARCTICA

2. THE WORD
The name ‘Antarctica’ comes from a Greek word
meaning ‘opposite to the north’.

3. GEOGRAPHY
Positioned around the South Pole,
Antarctica is the southernmost
continent and is surrounded by the
Southern Ocean; alternatively, it
may be considered to be
surrounded by the southern Pacific,
Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. It
covers more than 14,000,000 km2
,
making it the fifth-largest continent,
about 1.3 times as large as Europe.

4. GEOGRAPHY
About 98% of Antarctica is
covered by the Antarctic ice sheet ,
a sheet of ice averaging at least
1.6 km thick. The continent has
about 90% of the world's ice, and
about 70% of the world's fresh
water. If all of this ice melted, sea
levels would rise about 60 m.