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Antarctica is the highest continent given its size and average elevation.
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What is the most mountainous continent?
Asia is the most mountainous continent, with some of the highest mountain ranges in the world including the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Pamir ranges.
Is Antarctica rocky or flat?
Antarctica is a mountainous continent -- the highest continent on earth. There are flat areas, however, where ice covers the continent, notably the polar plateau.
Are there any mountain on Antarctica?
Yes. In fact, Antarctica is the highest continent on earth due to its mountainous topography.
What is the most southern continent on the Earth?
The southern most continent is Antarctica.
Why is the Antarctic mountainous?
Antarctica is a continent with mountains, which is true of all continents on earth.
How much of Antarctica is mountain?
Most of Antarctica is high above sea level, making it the highest continent on Earth. Most all of the area is mountainous and 98% of it lies under an ice sheet.
What is the most southern continent?
Antarctica is the most southern continent on Earth. It is located at the South Pole and experiences extremely cold temperatures and large ice sheets.
What is the chief mountain of Antarctica?
Antarctica is the highest continent, meaning that much of its landscape is mountainous. The highest mountain is Vinson Massif, at 16,050', and it's considered one of the 'seven' summits -- highest mountain on each continent. The southern-most active volcano, Mt Erebus, is also on Antarctica. There is no designated 'chief' mountain on the continent.
Why is it warmer on the coast of Antarctic Peninsula than the rest of the continent?
The coast of the Antarctic Peninsula is at sea level and is the northern-most part of Antarctica -- about 1,500 miles north of the South Pole. Antarctica is the highest continent, which means that the rest of the continent is mountainous and high -- and colder than the peninsula.
The southern most continent?
The southern most continent is Antarctica.
Is Antarctica a flat continent?
Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica -- the highest continent on earth -- is covered with an ice sheet. You may be thinking of the flat polar plateau, which is the longest sight-line on earth to the horizon -- about eight miles. Under the ice, Antarctica is very mountainous.
Where is the Antarctica situated?
Antarctica is the southern-most continent on earth.
