(n) an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13, 000 feet deep, Syn. Antarctic continent, Example:Antarctica is twice the size of Australia
[东太平洋隆起 / 東太平洋隆起, Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐㄉㄨㄥ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˇ] East Pacific rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California down to Antarctica)