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Antarctica has a total land area of about 5.5 million square miles (14 million square kilometers), and roughly 98% of that land is buried under a massive ice sheet.
Key Facts About the Land and Ice
- Total Land Area: About 14 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles)—making the continent larger than Europe and the U.S. combined.
- Ice-Covered Area: About 98% is hidden beneath ice, leaving only about 2% (mostly rocky coastal edges and isolated mountain peaks) exposed.
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Antarctica, if it were a country, would be the second-largest country with a land size of 5.5 million mi2 (14.2 million km2)
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