What is the land elevation range in Antarctica?
Antarctica has the widest elevation range of any of the seven continents. At the South Pole, the ice sheet reaches an altitude of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level, while the subglacial Bentley Subglacial Trench near the southern end of the Transantarctic Mountains reaches a depth of 2,555 meters (8,383 feet) below sea level.