Colorado (8) Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park located in the easternmost parts of Alamosa County and Saguache County, Colorado. We know you love history.
Antarctica is the Earth's southernmost continent. It is on the South Pole. It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle. Around Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
The 2000-kilometer Transantarctic Mountains are a rugged boundary separating the continent into a large sector in the eastern hemisphere, called East Antarctica, and a smaller sector in the western hemisphere, called West Antarctica. The Antarctic Peninsula is the farthest northward region of Antarctica and is primarily a second mountain range.