Antarctica
Definitions of Antarctica
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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”synonyms: Antarctic continentexample of:continentone of the large landmasses of the earth
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