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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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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.
Does Antarctica have land areas below sea level?
Most of the continent is above sea level. However, under the polar ice sheet there is land that is below sea level.
In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers?
In Antarctica an ice sheet covers 98% of the rocky continent below.
What is the warmest most ice-free region of antarctica?
This area is the Antarctic Peninsula. You can read about its climate, below.
What is happening to the ice shelves in antarctica?
Several of the ice shelves attached to Antarctica are disintegrating because the sea water is melting them from below.
Lowest point of Antarctica?
The Bentley Subglacial Trench, which reaches a depth of 2,555 meters below sea level is the lowest point in Antarctica. It is also the lowest place on earth not covered by ocean but by ice.
What is the only continent that has no land below sea level?
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.)
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 are the names of the part of Antarctica?
A few of Antarctica's ice shelfs are as named below: Ross ice shelf Ronne/Filchner ice shelf Riiser-Larson ice shelf Larsen ice shelf
What is the most common precipitation in Antarctica?
ice crystals form the most common precipitation in Antarctica, most of which evaporates before settling on the ice cap.
Why does the Antarctic ice not melt?
Ice melts above 32 degrees F -- 0 degrees C, and the temperature in Antarctica doesn't reach that level on most of the continent.
What is antarctica most famous for?
penguins?
