Apr 25, 2017 · However, many of us are seemingly unaware that the world’s largest desert is the cold desert of Antarctica, located concentrically around the South Pole.

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Apr 3, 2025 · Antarctica’s cold desert climate supports only cold-tolerant land plant and plantlike organisms; these species must also be capable of surviving lengthy winter periods of total or …

A guide to Antarctica including a map of Antarctica and facts and information about Antarctica and the Antarctic circle.

Explore the antarctic desert. Find the location of the antarctic desert, see its role as the largest desert in the world, and discover interesting facts about it.

Not only is it the worlds coldest location (lowest recorded temperatures of −89.2 °C or −128.6 °F) it is also technically a desert as average rainfall is only 200mm.

Basically, the continent is a vast, snow-covered desert, with mountain ranges near the coasts. The average elevation is 6,000 feet, with elevations reaching about 16,000 feet at Vinson …

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This map shows seas, oceans, mountains, ice-free rock, ice sheet and ice shelf in Antarctica. You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial …

The continent's 14 million km² surface area makes it the fifth-largest continent on Earth and the largest desert in the world. This map shows the location of the three permanent year-round …