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Because it is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapor out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.
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∙ 14y agoThe Antarctic is the world's largest and coldest desert, since a desert is defined as an area receiving less than 250 mm or 10 inches of precipitation per year.
The coldest temperature ever reached in Antarctica was -89°C (-129°F) on 21 July 1983 at Vostok Station.
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∙ 11y agoWhen I was at South Pole Station in 1963, the temperature reached minus 110 F. I understand a temperature of minus 126 F was recorded at Vostok Station. The average winter temperature is about minus 70 to minus 80. In a 30 knot wind, that feels very cold. Near the coastline, the temperatures are higher, although still very cold.
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∙ 16y agoThe average winter temperature in antarctica is about -76 degrees fahrenheit. The lowest recorded temperature was -128.6 degrees fahrenheit.
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∙ 9y agoThe temperature in Antarctica has reached −89 °C (−129 °F).
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∙ 13y agoThe Circle is at 66.5 degrees south latitude.
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∙ 10y agoroughly 66.56 degrees south latitude
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What is the latitude of the Antarctic Circle?
The Antarctic Circle is about 66 degrees S.
What degree of latitude is the Antarctic Circle?
You can find the Antarctic Circle at about 66.5628° S. Because the earth wobbles, the circle moves with it.
What 2 lines of latitude measure 66 degrees north and south?
The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude. The Arctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes N latitude.
What is the longitude and latitude position of antarctica?
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. All lines of longitude converge at both poles. The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude. Most of the land mass of Antarctica is within the Antarctic Circle.
How many degrees is it from the Antarctic Circle to the Arctic Circle?
Whatever the exact north latitude of the Arctic Circle is, the south latitude ofthe Antarctic Circle is exactly the same number, on account of their respectivedefinitions.
What is the line of latitude at 66 degrees and 30 ' s?
That's close to the latitude of the Antarctic Circle.
Which polar region is bigger north or south?
They are the same size. The Polar Regions are defined by the Antarctic and Arctic Circles. The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude. The Arctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes N latitude.
Is Antarctic Circle a great circle?
The Antarctic Circle is a line of latitude -- about 66 degrees S -- beyond which the geography experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrise/ sunset per year.
What is latitude within the Antarctic Circle?
Any GPS latitude indicator south of 66° 33′ 39″ S is considered a latitude within the Antarctic Circle.
Where geographicly is Antarctica?
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica. All of Antarctica is located within the Antarctic Circle which is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude.
What number of degrees is the antarctic circle at?
The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' 44" North of the Equator, and the Antarctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' 44" South of the Equator.66 1/2 N and 66 1/2 SThe latitude of the Arctic Circle is set at 66 degrees, 33 minutes, 44 seconds north of the equator. The Antarctic Circle is set at 66 degrees, 33 minutes, 44 seconds south of the equator.
Antarctica is almost entirely inside of this line of latitude?
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. All lines of longitude converge at both poles. The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude.
