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Antarctica is a continent -- 98% of which is covered by an ice sheet. Continents are composed of 'rock'. As to why -- this is a mystery best answered the same way it wold be answered for all continents on earth.
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Is there a land under Antarctica?
Antarctica is a continent, so yes: under its ice sheet, there is land.
What percent of Antarctica is an rock?
99.9
How are fishermen under threat in Antarctica?
There are no commercial fishermen in Antarctica.
Is there water under nearly all of Antarctica?
No, Antarctica is a continent.
What continent does antarctica come under?
Antarctica is its own continent.
What is under Antarctica's huge ice cape?
Antarctica is a continent, so there is land under the ice. Most of this land hasn't been exposed in thousands of years (or millions further inland), so there is essentially nothing but rock beneath it. There are even mountain ranges and volcanoes throughout the continent, covered under thick ice.
What lies beneath the hundreds of metres of snow and ice of Antarctica?
Rock, the landmass of the continent of Antarctica.
If down-under is really down-under then what is under that?
Antarctica
Which continent covers a smaller part of earths total land area Africa or Antarctica?
Antarctica, It is mainly ice and rock while Africa is rock and soil.
Is antarctica floating or sitting on rock?
sitting on magma
Is there sand under the Antarctica surface?
Sand is not common in Antarctica, even at the edges of the continent.
Is antarctica mined for any resources and how do they get them?
There is no mining allowed in Antarctica under The Antarctic Treaty.
