describe the continent of Antarctica
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Often described as a continent of superlatives, Antarctica is the world's southernmost continent. It is also the world's highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. Antarctica is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size, and thick ice covers about 98 percent of the land.
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ANTARCTICA:
- Antarctica is the Earth's southern most continent.
- It is on the South Pole.
- It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle.
- Around Antarctica is the Southern Ocean.
- It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.
- About 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
- This ice averages at least 1.6 kilometers(1.0 miles) thick.
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