GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The South Pole is located on Antarctica, one of Earth’s seven continents. Although land at the South Pole is only about a hundred meters above sea level, the ice sheet above it is roughly 2, 700-meters (9, 000-feet) thick.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Arctic is the North Pole, and the South Pole is in Antarctica. The poles are on the top of the Earth, and on the bottom of the Earth, respectively. Based on these maps, you can see that the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is land surrounded by ocean on all sides.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Geographic South Pole is presently located on the continent of Antarctica, although this has not been the case for all of Earth’s history because of continental drift.

Detailed explanation-4: -Around 450 million years ago parts of Antarctica were actually north of the equator, and the continent only arrived at its present position at the South Pole within the last 70 million years or so. Even then, the much warmer global climate kept it free of ice.

Detailed explanation-5: -Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ( listen)) is Earth’s southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole.