Antarctica

Antarctica is a large island surrounding the Earth’s South Pole.

From English the word “Antarctica” means “opposite the Arctic”.

Antarctica is located north of the Antarctic Circle, surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest, coldest place on the earth. 

Summer on the continent lasts from June to August.

Physically Antarctica is divided into three parts by seas.

The capital of the continent is Antarctica Capital.

Before 1840 Antarctica was called as “Terra Australis Incognita” meaning “Unknown Southern Land”.

The Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea divide Antarctica into Western and Eastern parts.

In Antarctica time stands still. There are no time zones.