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Noun: Antarctica  ant'aa(r)k-ti-ku
  1. An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
    "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia";
    - Antarctic continent

Type of: continent

Part of: Antarctic, Antarctic Zone, South Frigid Zone

Encyclopedia: Antarctica

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