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ShareAntarctica is the continent at the extreme southern latitudes of the Earth, containing the South Pole.
It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains.
For more information about the topic Antarctica, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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