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| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Antarctica | Continent |
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Area:
14,000,000 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| McMurdo Station | 1,258 (2012) |
Other Languages:
French:
Antarctique
German:
Antarktika
Italian:
Antartide
Russian:
Антарктида
Simplified Chinese:
南极洲
Spanish:
Antártida
Achinese:
Antartika
Afrikaans:
Antarktika
Albanian:
Antarktiku
Alemannic:
Antarktika
Amharic:
አንታርክቲካ
Anglo-Saxon:
Antarctica
Arabic:
القارة القطبية الجنوبية
Aragonese:
Antarctida
Aramaic:
ܐܢܛܐܪܩܛܝܩܐ
Armenian:
Անտարկտիդա
Aromanian:
Antarctica
Assamese:
এন্টাৰ্কটিকা
Asturian:
Antártida
Azeri:
Antarktida
Bashkir:
Антарктика
Basque:
Antartika
Bavarian:
Antarktika
Belarusian:
Антарктыда
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Антарктыда
Bengali:
অ্যান্টার্কটিকা
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
এন্টার্কটিকা
Bislama:
Antarktik
Bosnian:
Antarktik
Breton:
Antarktika
Bulgarian:
Антарктида
Burmese:
အန္တာတိက
Catalan:
Antàrtida
Cebuano:
Antarctica
Central Bikol:
Antartika
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
ئانتارکتیکا
Chechen:
Антарктида
Cherokee:
ᏧᏁᏍᏓᎸ
Church Slavic:
Антарктїка
Chuvash:
Антарктида
Classical Chinese:
南極洲
Cornish:
Antarktika
Corsican:
Antartide
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Antarktida
Croatian:
Antarktika
Czech:
Antarktida
Danish:
Antarktis
Doteli:
अन्टार्क्टिका
Dutch:
Antarctica
Dzongkha:
ཨེན་ཊཱག་ཊི་ཀ་
Egyptian Arabic:
انتاركتيكا
Esperanto:
Antarkto
Estonian:
Antarktis
Extremaduran:
Antáltia
Faroese:
Antarktis
Farsi/Persian:
جنوبگان
Fiji Hindi:
Antarctica
Finnish:
Etelämanner
Franco-Provençal:
Antartica
Friulian:
Antartic
Galician:
Antártida
Gan:
南極洲
Georgian:
ანტარქტიდა
Gilaki:
نسا توک
Greek:
Ανταρκτική
Greenlandic:
Qalasersuaq Kujalleq
Guarani:
Antártida
Gujarati:
ઍન્ટાર્કટિકા
Haitian:
Antatik
Hakka:
Nàm-khi̍t-chû
Hawaiian:
ʻAneʻālika
Hebrew:
אנטארקטיקה
Hindi:
अंटार्कटिका
Hungarian:
Antarktika
Icelandic:
Suðurskautslandið
Ido:
Antarktika
Igbo:
Antarctica
Iloko:
Antartika
Indonesian:
Antartika
Ingush:
Антарктида
Interlingua:
Antarctica
Interlingue:
Antarctic
Irish Gaelic:
Antartach
Jamaican Patois:
Antaatika
Japanese:
南極大陸
Javanese:
Antartika
Judaeo-Spanish:
Antartika
Kabiye:
Antarɩtiki tɛtʋ wandamm
Kabyle:
Tantarktit
Kalmyk:
Антарктик
Kannada:
ಅಂಟಾರ್ಕ್ಟಿಕ
Kapampangan:
Antartika
Karachay-Balkar:
Антарктида
Karakalpak:
Antarktika
Kashubian:
Antarktida
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Антарктида
Khmer:
អង់តាកទិក
Kinyarwanda:
Antarigitika
Komi-Permyak:
Антарктида
Konkani:
अंटार्क्टिका
Korean:
남극
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Antarktîka
Kyrgyz:
Антарктида
Lao:
ທະວີບອັງຕາກຕິກ
Latin:
Antarctica
Latvian:
Antarktīda
Lezghian:
Антарктида
Ligurian:
Antartigo
Limburgian:
Antarctica
Lingua Franca Nova:
Antartica
Lithuanian:
Antarktida
Livvi-Karelian:
Antarktidu
Lojban:
ziptu'a
Lombard:
Antartid
Low Saxon/Low German:
Antarktis
Lower Sorbian:
Antarktika
Luxembourgish:
Antarktis
Macedonian:
Антарктик
Maithili:
अंटार्कटिका
Malagasy:
Antartika
Malay:
Antartika
Malayalam:
അന്റാർട്ടിക്ക
Manx:
Yn Antarctagh
Maori:
Tiri o te Moana
Marathi:
अंटार्क्टिका
Mazanderani:
جنوبگان
Meadow Mari:
Антарктида
Min Dong Chinese:
Nàng-gĭk-ciŭ
Mingrelian:
ანტარქტიდა
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Lâm-ke̍k Tāi-lio̍k
Mirandese:
Antártica
Mongolian:
Антарктид
Nahuatl:
Antartida
Narom:
Antarctique
Navajo:
Shádiʼááhjí kéyah yistinígíí
Neapolitan:
Antartide
Nepali:
अन्टार्क्टिका
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
एन्टार्टिका
Norfolk:
Antartica
Northern Frisian:
Antarktikaa
Northern Sami:
Antárktis
Northern Sotho:
Antarctica
Norwegian:
Antarktika
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Antarktis
Novial:
Antarktika
Occitan:
Antartida
Odia:
ଆଣ୍ଟର୍କଟିକା
Ossetian:
Антарктидæ
Papiamento:
Antartica
Pashto:
انټارکټيکا
Picard:
Intarktike
Piedmontese:
Antàrtide
Polish:
Antarktyda
Pontic Greek:
Ανταρκτικήν
Portuguese:
Antártida
Punjabi:
ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕਾ
Quechua:
Antartika
Ripuarian:
Süüdpool
Romanian:
Antarctida
Russia Buriat:
Антарктика
Rusyn:
Антарктіда
Samoan:
Anetatika
Samogitian:
Antarktėda
Sanskrit:
अण्टार्क्टिका
Sardinian:
Antàrticu
Saterland Frisian:
Antarktikoa
Scots:
Antarcticae
Scottish Gaelic:
Antargtaga
Serbian:
Антарктик
Serbo-Croatian:
Antarktik
Shona:
Antarctica
Sicilian:
Antàrtidi
Silesian:
Antarktyda
Sindhi:
انٽارڪٽيڪا
Sinhalese:
ඇන්ටාක්ටිකාව
Slovak:
Antarktída
Slovenian:
Antarktika
Somali:
Antiarktis
South Azerbaijani:
آنتارکتیکا
Sundanese:
Antartika
Swahili:
Antaktiki
Swedish:
Antarktis
Tagalog:
Antartiko
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Антарктида
Tamil:
அந்தாட்டிக்கா
Tarantino:
Antartide
Tatar:
Антарктида
Telugu:
అంటార్కిటికా
Tetum:
Antártida
Thai:
ทวีปแอนตาร์กติกา
Tibetan (Standard):
ལྷོ་མཐའི་གླིང་།
Tongan:
ʻAnetātika
Traditional Chinese:
南極洲
Tsonga:
Antakthika
Tulu:
ಅಂಟಾರ್ಕ್ಟಿಕ
Turkish:
Antarktika
Turkmen:
Antarktika
Ukrainian:
Антарктида
Upper Sorbian:
Antarktika
Urdu:
انٹارکٹکا
Uyghur:
ئانتاركتىدا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Antarktida
Venetian:
Antartide
Veps:
Antarktid
Vietnamese:
Châu Nam Cực
Volapük:
Lantarkop
Võro:
Antarktis
Walloon:
Antartike
Waray:
Antartika
Welsh:
Yr Antarctig
West Flemish:
Antarctica
West Frisian:
Antarktika
Western Punjabi:
انٹارکٹکا
Wolof:
Goxub Dottub Bëj-saalum
Wu Chinese:
南極洲
Yakut:
Антарктика
Yiddish:
אנטארקטיקע
Yoruba:
Antárktìkà
Zazaki:
Antarktika
Zeelandic:
Antartica
Zhuang:
Namzgigcouh
Zulu:
I-Antatika
A continent that is essentially covered by ice, with scattered rock outcrops and mountain exposures.
Because of the contrast, loose rocks on the ice are carefully examined as they may be meteorites.
Antarctica is well known for its numerous meteorite localities.
Stewart (1951) noted that "167 mineral species, subspecies, and varieties, as well as those of questionable occurrence, have been reported from Antarctica" and he provided a list and bibliography.
Because of the contrast, loose rocks on the ice are carefully examined as they may be meteorites.
Antarctica is well known for its numerous meteorite localities.
Stewart (1951) noted that "167 mineral species, subspecies, and varieties, as well as those of questionable occurrence, have been reported from Antarctica" and he provided a list and bibliography.
Antarctica