Antarctic

Area	Overall: 14,000,000 km2 (5,400,000 sq mi) Ice-free: 280,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) Ice-covered: 13,720,000 km2 (5,300,000 sq mi)
Population	At Least 77 (about 1000 people living temporarily)
Dependencies	8  • Australian Antarctic Territory  • Ross Dependency  • Queen Maud Land  • Peter I Island  • Adélie Land  • British Antarctic Territory  • Chilean Antarctic Territory  • Argentine Antarctica
Time zones	None
Internet TLD	.aq

Antarctica is the Earth's southernmost and least populous continent. It is on the South Pole. It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle. Around Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice. This ice averages at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 miles) thick.