Antarctica Benennung

DefGEMET: A continent lying chiefly within the Antarctic Circle and asymmetrically centered on the South Pole: it consists of an ice-covered plateau (some 95 percent of Antarctica is covered by an icecap averaging 1,6 km in thickness), 1800-3000 m above sea level, and mountains ranges rising to 4500 m with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research station. (Source: CED / AMHER)

Antarctica ... is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. (Antarctica. (2017, November 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:44, November 9, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antarctica&oldid=808925841)