Antarctica
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 Antarctica facts

• 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
• At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent
• For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia
• About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1
• 9 km (1
• 2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula
• Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents
• Antarctica is a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland
• The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89
• 2 °C (−128