Top Antarctica Facts - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Percentage covered by ice	98	90%
It is in which hemisphere?	Southern	90%
The only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica	Emperor	86%
Number of countries that have signed the Antarctic Treaty	50	52%
Antarctica's name is Romanized Greek meaning "Opposite of the..."	North	48%
What percentage of the world's freshwater reserves are stored there?	80%	43%
What Greek philosopher wrote about an Antarctic region in c. 350 BC?	Aristotle	43%
Low precipitation over 90% of the continent makes it an icy...	Desert	43%
It sed to be called a name that now belongs to a country. What was it?	Australia	38%
They are Aura Borealis in the Arctic and ...in the Antarctic	Aurora Australis	24%
Highest peak	Vinson Massif	19%
Antarctica is divided in two by the...	{Transantarctic} Mountains	10%
The surface of the above lake has been compared to which of Jupiter's moons?	Europa	5%
The world's southernmost active volcano	Mount {Erebus}	5%
Largest Lake	Vostok	5%
It is the coldest, driest and ...continent	Windiest	5%
Longest River	Onyx	0%