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The Antarctic ice sheet covers 98% of the continent, which is as large as USA and Mexico, combined.

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What percentage sheet of ice does the Antarctica Ice sheet hold?

The ice sheet holds 100% of Antarctica's . . . ice sheet.


Is Antarctica just one big ice cube?

Cube is not the description most scientists use: the term is ice sheet. Antarctica's land mass is 98% covered -- by an ice sheet.


Is the ice sheet on Antarctica shrinking?

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Is Antarctica a ice shelf?

An ice shelf forms over water. Antarctica is a continent and is covered -- 98% of the continent -- by an ice sheet. (Ice sheet because it covers more than 50 000 km of land area.)


What percent of the world's ice is in Antarctica?

Antarctica's ice sheet represents about 90% of the earth's ice.


What percentage of the world's ice is in antarctica?

Antarctica's ice sheet holds about 90% of the earth's ice.


What is the largest ice in antarctica?

The largest ice in Antarctica is the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.


Is ice a mineral is antarctica?

Ice in the ice sheet that covers Antarctica is free of any minerals.


Is Antarctica made out of ice only?

Antarctica is a continent, 98% of which is covered by an ice sheet.


What is the physical appearance of Antarctica?

Ninety-eight percent of the continent -- as big as USA and Mexico combined -- is covered by an ice sheet. Except for the tips of the mountain peaks that reach above the ice sheet, Antarctica appears white and glistens.


Is Antarctica on top of ice?

No. Ice sits on top of Antarctica -- 98% of the continent is covered with an ice sheet.


What percentage of ice is in Antarctica?

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