the artic is not a continent
The Arctic is not a continent. It is a polar region located around the North Pole. Europe and Antarctica are both continents.
Antarctica has more land than the Arctic. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Antarctic Circle, while the Arctic is a region surrounded by the Arctic Circle and consists of mainly ice-covered ocean with some landmasses.
The Arctic Circle - It passes through Europe, North America and Asia.ArcticArctic CircleThe Antarctic Circle only crosses territory of Antarctica.The Arctic Circle crosses territory of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Beardmore Glacier is located in Antarctica, the southernmost continent on Earth. It is one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica and plays a significant role in the continent's ice dynamics.
A continent is one of the large landmasses of the Earth, typically identified by geographical, cultural, and geological characteristics. There are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
A continent is a major landmass that makes up a substantial amount of the Earth's surface. The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. There is also Antarctica, but it has no permanent inhabitants.
Antarctica has more land than the Arctic. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Antarctic Circle, while the Arctic is a region surrounded by the Arctic Circle and consists of mainly ice-covered ocean with some landmasses.
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica.
China is not a continent, but is a country, and part of the Asian continent.
The Arctic Circle - It passes through Europe, North America and Asia.ArcticArctic CircleThe Antarctic Circle only crosses territory of Antarctica.The Arctic Circle crosses territory of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Antarctica is one continent.
The Antarctic Circle only passes through Antarctica. The Arctic Circle passes through North America, Europe, and Asia.Arctic, It passes through Asia, Europe, and North America.arciticArctic, it passes through North America, Europe, and Asia. The Antarctic only passes through Antarctica.Arctic-- The Antarctic Circle crosses land on Antarctica, plus a lot of ice and water.-- The Arctic Circle crosses land on North America, Europe, and Asia, plusa lot of ice and water.The Arctic Circle passes through more continents than does the Antarctic Circle. The Antarctic Circle only pass through one continent: Antarctica
The Prime Meridian crosses the continents of Europe and Africa, and has one end of it on Antarctica.
The Antarctic regions are about 30 degrees F. colder than the Arctic regions, because of the Antarctic continent, the land mass that makes up about 10% of the earth's surface.This land mass and the ice that sits on top of it retains the cold better than the Arctic seas, which can warm, because the sun melts the ice and then warms the water.The Antarctic, on average.
Yes, Antarctica is a continent -- one of seven on earth.
Three, unless you count Europe and Asia as one continent.
Three continents actually pass through the Arctic Circle, not one. They are Asia, Europe and North America.
Every continent is, under some circumstance, not considered a continent :Europe - because it is part of the conjoined Eurasian continentAsia - for the same reasonAfrica - for the same reason, part of "Afro-Eurasia"North and South America - may be considered a single connected continentAntarctica - because it is practically uninhabited, it is not one of the 5 continents represented in the Olympics symbolAustralia - may be considered the largest island in the Pacific continent of "Oceania" (more usually considered a region, not a continent)The 7 classical continents are (in size order) Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.