Facts

About Antarctica

There is no place on earth quite like the vast southern continent of Antarctica. It is an untamed wilderness of ice and snow with great mountain ranges and windswept polar plateaus that leave ones' mind reeling. It is a land of extreme temperatures where barely anything man or beast can survive. Antarctica has its own austere beauty that hides a turbulent and unforgiving realm where only penguins dare to tread.

Antarctica Facts

• Full Name: Antarctica
• Capital City: N/A
• Area: 14,250,000 sq km/5,501,925 sq miles
• Time Zone: GMT/UTC
• Country Dialing Code: 672