Antarctic Peninsula
AdventureThe only continent with no permanent human population, reached across the Drake Passage in about two days.
AntarcticaNov โ Mar
Antarctica
Antarctica
A desert of ice with no permanent residents and no government โ only research stations under a treaty that reserves the whole continent for science.
0Countries mapped
0People
0kmยฒ of land
1Featured places
Quick facts
- It holds roughly 70 per cent of the world's fresh water as ice.
- โ89.2 ยฐC was recorded at Vostok Station, the coldest air temperature on record.
- Technically a desert: the interior receives less precipitation than the Sahara.
โฒ Mount Vinson, 4,892 m ยท โผ Bentley Subglacial Trench, โ2,540 m
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Countries of Antarctica
1 mapped, ordered by population.
Peaks
The highest ground on this continent.
4,892 m
Mount Vinson
Sentinel Range ยท Antarctica
3,794 m
Mount Erebus
Ross Island ยท Antarctica
Where to go
Featured destinations across Antarctica.