Antarctica
ANTARCTICA Where is Antarctica? Antarctica apart from Australia is the smallest continent on earth. ... Antarctica apart from being the second smallest continent it is the least populated continent on earth. Antarctica is south of every country in the world. What is Antarctica? Antarctica is the second smallest continent on earth. ... Antarctica is 60 times bigger than New Zealand and twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is 29 million cubic km of ice. The basic shape of Antarctica is a circle with some chunks taken out. ... Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% rock with average elevations between 2000 and 4000 meters. ... Glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline and floating ice shelves make up for 11% of the area of Antarctica. Plants: Pretty much the only plant life in Antarctica are species of grasses and mosses.