Geographical feartures of antarctica

Geographical Features

In Antarctica their are major geographical features of icebergs,glaciers,iceshelfs megadunes,stations,and more geographical features of Antarctica.

Antarctica is completely covered in ice that can grow/shrink by 13% of its total mass due to ice melting and refreezing.Antarctica can have winters that last up to 6 months because the pole is affected by 22.2 and 24.5 degree tilt.So when the earth rotates it doesn't rotate out of its shadows.Antarctica is desolate and has little evidence of supporting plant life,the only things that have been found are moss and frozen algae.

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of antarctica, (an area of roughly
478 000km2 and about 800km across, about the same size of spain). It is several meters thick.The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600km long, between 15 and 50 meters high above the waters surface.
In winter in Antarctica the waters surrounding it freezers over.A salty kind of ice called sea ice stretches out over the surface,so it is making the continent much much larger.

98% Percent of the land is covered with an ice sheet. 2% of the land is barren rock which is very hard.In Antarctica along with the barren rock their are huge volcanoes ,the only active volcanoe is called Mount Erebus on Ross Island ,it is a very large lava lake.

The Antarctic circle is an imaginary circle at 66 degrees south.On a midsummers day in the southern hemisphere,the sun does not set within the Antarctic circle. On a midwinters day the sun does not set at all.

To consider building locations ,lifestyles ,the distance between buildings and the topgraphical of settlements they stay.When the scientist go to Antarctica they stay at a base,this is where they store all information and studies.

Their are not alot of plants that can survive in Antarctica, due to it being so cold.
Some plants that can survive are, fungi, algae, liches and mosses. These plants cover some of the area near the waters edge on large rocks.