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Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent bigger than Europe and nearly double Australia's size.
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Antarctica is the windiest continent with flat terrain and winds reaching up to 320 km/h.
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Antarctica as the driest continent is a desert with low humidity and cold winds limiting rainfall.
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Antarctica holds 70% of Earth's freshwater, mainly in ice sheets, with little available as liquid.
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Both the Geographic and Magnetic South Poles are located in Antarctica’s icy expanse.
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Antarctica’s Dry Valleys are the driest places on Earth, where freezing prevents snow from falling.
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The largest iceberg, B-15, broke from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000, spanning 270 km by 37 km.
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Mount Erebus, an Antarctic volcano, emits gas and experiences lava flows on its icy slopes.
Mount Vinson is the Antarctica's tallest peak, rises 4,987 meters, over half the height of Mount Everest.
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Blood Falls a red flow from Taylor Glacier, puzzled scientists for over a century before its origin.
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