Antarctica
Antarctica is a terrestrial continent in the Southern Hemisphere. It covers 13,720,000 square kilometres.
- Area
- 13,720,000 km²
Antarctica at a glance
- Status
- Territory of undetermined status
- Area
- 13,720,000 km² (5,297,319 mi²)
- People are called
- Antarctican
- Country codes
- AQ, ATA
- Calling code
- +672
- Internet domain
- .aq
- Time zones
- UTC−04:00, UTC−03:00, UTC±00:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00
- Coordinates
- -90°, 0°
Antarctica on a map
Antarctica is shown in green. It has no neighbours listed in the data.
- Antarctica
How far are you from Antarctica?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
How big is Antarctica?
Antarctica covers 13,720,000 square kilometres (5,297,319 square miles).
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.