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Is Antarctica made out of ice only?

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

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What is made in antarctica?

ice


What else is Antarctica made up of instead of ice?

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


What continent is made of ice?

Antarctica


What percantage of antarctica is NOT ice?

None of Antarctica is ice. Antarctica is 100% land. The land is covered -- about 98% -- by ice, so only two percent of the land is not covered by ice.


What continent is mostly made of ice?

Antarctica


What are bases in Antarctica made out of?

Obviously ice


How much of Antarctica isn't coverd in ice?

98% of Antarctica is covered in a sheet of ice which means that only 2% is uncovered. :-)


Is antarctica made of ice?

Antartica is made of ice sitting on a bed of rock. in other words it is ice sitting on rock


Why are icebergs made of freshwater if it doesn't rain in Antarctica?

Freshwater ice is formed from moisture, and over mellennia, can form enough ice to calve off an ice sheet and produce icebergs. Humidity in Antarctica is only about five percent, so ice formation in the ice sheet is a lengthy process.


Does Antarctica only have ice?

no. It also has dirt on one side from where the ice has melted


Does west of the Antarctica only have ice?

Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered by its ice sheet -- the ice-free areas are generally beaches and mountain peaks.


Why only upper layer of Antarctica has ice?

The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica lies atop a continent, composed of land.