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Friday, December 23, 2016

20 Facts about Antarctica

Antarctica
Credits: Science Kids / Antarctica
Today I am going to tell you 20 facts about Antarctica ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ถ (Some crazy facts). These facts are on my own words. I hope you really like my Antarctica facts. I hope you learned something from this post. Stay Tuned of my next posts in the holidays!!Have an awesome and a cool ๐Ÿ˜Ž day!! And a Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ…!! Bye!!
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Waterfall that runs red as blood
  1. Antarctica is also called the South Pole.
  2. The coldest temperature is recorded in 1983 at Vostok Station, Antarctica about - 89.2 °C ( - 128.6 °F).
  3. Antarctica is surrounded by Southern Ocean.
  4. The hottest temperature in Antarctica is 14.5 °C ( - 58.2 °F).
  5. 90% of the world's fresh water is in Antarctica.
  6. 5th largest continent in the world ๐Ÿ—บ.
  7. It's twice the size as Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐ŸŒ!!
  8. Once Antarctica was warm as California!?
  9. The largest iceburg ever measured is bigger than Jamaica ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ!! It broke in 2000.
  10. Antarctica is almost 1.5 times the size as America ๐ŸŒŽ.
  11. There is a waterfall in Antarctica that runs red as blood.
  12. Did you know: Antarctica had only one ATM ๐Ÿง!!
  13. Antarctica is about 1.3 times larger as Europe ๐ŸŒ.
  14. Antarctica is the largest desert ๐Ÿœ in the world ๐Ÿ—บ.
  15. Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone
  16. There are at least seven Christian churches ⛪ in Antarctica.
  17. Some parts of Antarctica ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ถ have had no rain or snow for the last 2 million years.
  18. The ice sheet of Antarctica has been in existence since 40 million years.
  19. There are 300 lakes beneath Antarctica.
  20. The name "Antarctica" comes from a Greek word that means "opposite to the north".