Antarctica is not below sea level. It is a continent mostly covered by thick ice sheets, with its surface elevation reaching heights of over 4,000 meters above sea level.
40 feet below sea level is at a higher elevation than 14 feet below sea level. Elevation is measured by the distance above or below a reference point, such as sea level, so the higher the number below sea level, the lower the elevation.
Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed, is about 36,070 feet below sea level, located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
below sea level. Yes - I know, so obvious XD
Positive integers can represent elevations above sea level, while negative integers can represent elevations below sea level. For example, an elevation of 500 meters above sea level can be represented by the integer +500, while an elevation of -200 meters below sea level can be represented by the integer -200.
No, Honolulu is not below sea level. It is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and sits at an average elevation of about 5 feet above sea level.
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have any land areas 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.)
The continent with the highest average altitude is Antarctica, while the continent with the lowest point below sea level is Antarctica as well, with parts of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet being below sea level.
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.
Yes. There are many areas on the planet that are far enough below sea level to fly an aircraft.
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.
Most of the continent is above sea level. However, under the polar ice sheet there is land that is below sea level.
Since the assumption of this question is the English Channel connecting England with France, the answer to how far below sea level is the channel would be 24 miles under sea level at the deepest point of the channel.
The Sea of Galilee is 690 feet below sea level.
The Dead Sea is approximately 1,410 feet (430 meters) below sea level. It is the Earth's lowest elevation on land.
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