Antarctica “the white continent” is the fifth largest continent in the world with its unique wildlife, extreme coldness, dryness, windiness and unexplored territories. The word antarctica is derived from the … Antarctica is earth’s southernmost continent, covering an area of 13. 72 million square kilometers, making it the fifth-largest continent by land area.

Without any ice, antarctica would emerge as a giant peninsula and archipelago of mountainous islands, known as lesser antarctica, and a single large landmass about the size of australia, known as … Situated almost entirely south of the antarctic circle and surrounded by the southern ocean (also known as the antarctic ocean), it contains the geographic south pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest …