Antarctica

Antarctica is a land of extremes: it is the coldest and driest continent on Earth and has the highest average elevation. As the fifth largest continent in the world, Antartica is also the most Southern, overlying the "South Pole".

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Within Antarctica
South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole is the remote location of Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, operated by the United States of America. South Pole Travel Guide »
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the most-visited region of Antarctica. This northward-reaching extension of the polar continent … Antarctic Peninsula Travel Guide »
Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a region of Antarctica that lies south of Australia and New Zealand. Mostly ice covered, the land areas around … Ross Sea Travel Guide »
East Antarctica
East Antarctica
East Antarctica is a region of Antarctica. Although the term is a bit counterintuitive for a continent straddling the south pole … East Antarctica Travel Guide »
West Antarctica
West Antarctica is the region of Antarctica that falls in the Western Hemisphere. West Antarctica Travel Guide »
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Antarctica Travel Guide is based on Antarctica by Ikan Kekek, Ryan Holliday, Alvaro Sostin, Lyubomir Ivanov, Debbie Thompson, Bill Ellett, LtPowers, AuroraEx, iGuide and others. Antarctica Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.