Could you please tell me how large Antarctica is in sq km (or sq m). Tanx
2007-09-09 16:54:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
14.2 million sq km (about 5.5 million sq mls) in summer, double that in the winter.
2007-09-09 17:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The total surface area of Antarctica is 5.1 million square miles (13.2 million square kilometers), but the area doubles in winter with the addition of sea ice, said Lloyd Peck, of the Natural Environment Research Council in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
"You can't expect an area three times the size of Australia to behave the same way throughout," said Peck, a co-author of the new study on the Signey Island lakes.
Walsh and his colleague Peter Doran, who collaborated on the recent study that concluded Antarctica is cooling, say past reports of global warming in the region were skewed by the nature of the measurements.
2007-09-10 06:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by ab_babbler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Current government calculations put the total surface area of Antarctica to cover 14 million square kilometers.
2007-09-10 00:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Ant·arc·ti·ca/æntËÉrktɪkÉ, -ËÉrtɪ-/Spelled Pronunciation[ant-ahrk-ti-kuh, -ahr-ti-]
–noun
the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km).
Also called Antarctic Continent.
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2007-09-10 00:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by Janette 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Wikipedia:
"At 14.4 million square kilometers (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area".
This does NOT include the area of the sea ice that freezes around the continent during the winter.
2007-09-13 14:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The area of Antarctica is: 14,000,000 km² (5,400,000 sq mi)
2007-09-10 07:19:37 · answer #6 · answered by Sandeep N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antarcitca has an area of:
Total: 14,000,000 km² (5,400,000 sq mi)
Ice free: 280,000 km² (108,000 sq mi)
Ice covered: 13,720,000 km² (5,297,000 sq mi) ice-covered
2007-09-10 00:01:00 · answer #7 · answered by Dan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered)
2007-09-10 09:02:12 · answer #8 · answered by Asher S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 million square kilometers
2007-09-10 06:41:10 · answer #9 · answered by travel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search: Wikipedia-> Antarctica
You'll get all the necessary info about the continent
2007-09-10 07:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Words Of Wisdom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋