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Q: How far below sea level is Antarctica?
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Is the land covered by ice in Antarctica a sunken continent?

Some of Antarctica is below sea level, notably the continent beneath the South Pole. The ice is nearly two miles thick and the base of the ice could be below sea level.


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It is generally assumed that Antarctica has no surface locations below sea level. This is because any area that is below sea level has been filled in and covered by ice. However, there is a coastal area of the rocky Vestfold Hills in coastal Antarctica which has valleys below sea level, as low as -50 meters (150 feet). (These mountains are south of the Indian Ocean, due south of westernmost India.)


Why is most of the ice in Antarctica below sea level?

Antarctica's ice sheet rests on 98% of the continent. It has been said that the ice is so heavy, ". . . In East Antarctica, the ice sheet rests on a major land mass, but in West Antarctica the bed can extend to more than 2,500 m below sea level." Quoted from the Antarctic Ice Sheet entry in Wikipedia. This is some, not most of the ice sheet. Ice shelves exist mostly below sea level.


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Most of the continent is above sea level. However, under the polar ice sheet there is land that is below sea level.


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