Antarctic ridge

Antarctica is the highest continent on Earth, with an average elevation of about 2,500m. It is peppered with many mountains and ridges.

Credit: Tarun Luthra, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu

• Flat Antarctica – Land height could help explain why Antarctica is warming slower than the Arctic (18 May 2017)

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