
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Antarctica is surrounded by the southern waters of the World Ocean. At 14.4 million km˛, Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America; in turn, Europe and Australia are smaller. Some 98% of it is covered by ice which averages at least 1.6 km in thickness.
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