Antarctica
geographical name
Ant·arc·ti·ca ˌant-ˈärk-ti-kə 
-ˈär-ti-
continent around the South Pole; a plateau covered by a great ice cap and mountain peaks area about 5,500,000 square miles (14,300,000 square kilometers)
Note: Antarctica is divided by the Transantarctic Mountains into West Antarctica (which includes the Antarctic Peninsula) and East Antarctica .