Country |
Capital |
Population |
Land Mass km2 |
Antarctica |
Ushuaia |
1,000 to 5,000 (seasonal) |
14,200,000 |
- Antarctica is home to the Driest Place on Earth. The Dry Valleys in Antarctica are the driest places on earth.
- Antarctica also holds the largest mountain range in the world.
- There is a trench deeper than the Grand Canyon in Antarctica.
On average Antarctica is the windeist place on earth, scientists have said that the wind speeds can get up to 200mph.
In January of 1979, Emile Marco Palma became the first human ever to be born on Antarctica. Only 10 other people have been born on the continent.
There are 30 different countries that operate 80 research stations situated around the continent.
Below is a picture of the flag of Anarctica.
Antarctica has no universally-recognized flag as the condominium that governs the continent has not yet formally selected one, although some individual Antarctic programs have formally adopted True South as the flag of the continent. Dozens of unofficial designs have also been proposed.