Most Repeated McQs About Antarctica

Continent
Antarctica
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 Antarctica
• Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth.
• The total surface area is about 5.5 million square miles
(14.2 million square km).
• Antarctica is the least populated continent.
• The number of residents varies from around 1100 in the
harsh Antarctica winter to around 4400 in the milder
summer months of October to February, plus an additional
staff of 1,000 in the nearby waters.
• Antarctica is an ice_ covered continent surrounded by the
Southern Ocean.
• Antarctica is an icy desert.
• Antarctica has the highest average elevation of all
continents.
• The highest mountain on Antarctica is Mount Vinson.
• Antarctica contains more than 90% of world ice.
• Antarctica contains more than 90% of our planet’s fresh
water.
• British explorer James Cook and his crew crossed the
Antarctica Circle for the first time in 1773.
• Norwegian Explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach
the South Pole in 1911.
• British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton undertook three
Antarctica explorations and was the first to cross South
Georgia in Antarctica in 1916.
• The Antarctic treaty was signed by 12 countries on
December 01, 1959 (Argentina, Chile, Australia, Belgium,
France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, United
Kingdom, United States and USSR).
• 7 Countries have territories in Antarctica (France UK New
Zealand Norway Australia Chile and Argentina).
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• The continent is divided into
East Antarctica (which is
largely composed of a high
ice _ covered plateau) and
West Antarctica (which is
largely an ice sheet covering
an archipelago of mountains
islands).

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