CONTINENTS

CONTINENTS

Name % of Earth's area Highest Point Lowest Point

Asia 29.5 Everest Dead Sea
Africa 20.0 Kilimanjaro Lake Assai
North America 16.3 McKinley Death Valley
South America 11.8 Aconcagua Valdes Penin
Europe 6.5 Elbrus Caspian Sea
Australia* 5.2 Kosciusko Lake Eyre
Antarctica 9.6 Vinson Massif Bentley Sub­
glacial Trench * Australia with New Zealand, Tasman~ New Guinea and the Pacific Islands (Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesian Islands) is called Australasia or Oceania.