The Size of Antarctica in Comparison to Other Continents - Surface Area Visualizations

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It is difficult to appreciate the size of Antarctica from maps, in rectangular maps it takes the shape of a long irregular ribbon along the bottom and even in moveable globes it cannot easily be compared to the other continents as they cannot be seen side by side.

Surface Area:

	Area millions of square kilometers	Area millions of square miles
Antarctica	14.2	5.5
Australia	10.0	3.9
Europe	10.2	3.9
USA	9.8	3.8

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