The Number of the Day: 16,000

Jason English
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Mountains beneath Antarctica's ice sheets rise 16,000 feet.

Related Link: Vacation to Mars: Photos of Antarctica's Dry Valleys, by Ransom Riggs

[Source: National Geographic Answer Book: Fast Facts About Our World (available for preorder). See previous Numbers of the Day here.]

August 15, 2010 - 11:35pm