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Antarctica was discovered in late January 1820. For more details see the article on the History of Antarctica.
Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in area, after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. However, it is the smallest in populationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in. It is also the continent with the highest average altitudeAltitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level''. Most often this level is defined as the absolute sea level, but it can vary. In aviation, the term altitude is used to describe elevation above mean sea level, the te, and the lowest average humidityHumidity is the amount of moisture in the air. It can be expressed as absolute humidity which is the mass of water in a specified volume or mass of air, or more commonly as relative humidity which is the absolute humidity divided by that absolute humidity of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowest average temperature.
It has been assigned the InternetThis article is about the Internet the extensive, worldwide computer network available to the public. An internet is a more general term for a set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking''. WWW information network structu ccTLDA top-level domain TLD is the last part of which Internet domain names consist of. For example, in the domain name wikipedia. org the top-level domain is org (or ORG, as domain names are not case-sensitive). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) .aq.
Main article: Climate of AntarcticaThe climate of Antarctica is cold and dry. Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth was -89. 4 °C (-129 °F) recorded in 1983 at Vostok Station. The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was 14.. See-also: sea level riseSea level rise is a rise in sea level. Multiple complex factors may influence such changes. Sea level has risen more than 120 m since the peak of the last ice age 20 kyr ago. The bulk of that occurred before 6 kyr ago. From 3000 years ago to the start of.
Main article: Geography of AntarcticaThe continent of Antarctica is located mostly south of the Antarctic Circle. Physically Antarctica is divided in two by mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea. The portion of the continent west of the Weddell Sea and east of
Several nations, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the 20th century. These claims have little practical relevance but continue to be observed by cartographers.
Most countries that have observation or study facilities in Antarctica have those facilities within their claimed territory. The Antarctic Treaty defers these claims and most other nations do not recognize them. No other nations have made claims themselves, although the United States and Russia assert the right to do so.
No formal claims have been made in the sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west.
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