The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1996 to 2025 Antarctic Region
Geography - note Antarctica, in 29 editions.
The entry for Antarctica published Geography - note in 29 editions of 35, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1996
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Geographic note”
- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable
the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest
continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface
at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent
period; mostly uninhabitable
- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable
the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest
continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface
the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent
period; mostly uninhabitable
Published as “Geography-note”
- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable
the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest
during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at
Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent
uninhabitable
Published as “Geography--note”
- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable
the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent;
continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface
at the South
period; mostly
The same text in 14 editions, 2000 to 2013.
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable
the coldest, windiest, highest, highest (on average), and driest
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable, 98% of land area is ice covered
the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; mostly uninhabitable uninhabitable, 98% of land area is ice covered
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period;
- mostly uninhabitable, 98% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth
the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; mostly uninhabitable, 98% of the land area is ice covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period
- mostly uninhabitable, 98% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water);
- if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)
the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; period
mostly uninhabitable, 98% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water); if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period
- mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water);
- if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)
the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period
mostly uninhabitable, 98% 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water); if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)
- the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent;
- during the summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the equator in an equivalent period
- mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on Earth;
- it covers an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and contains 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (almost 62% of the world's fresh water)
the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during the summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator equator in an equivalent period
mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering Earth; it covers an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing contains 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost (almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water); if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft) water)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Antarctica: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/antarctica/geography-note.