Antarctica is only a city.
Antarctica ( UK English [ ænˈtɑːktɪkə ] or [ ænˈtɑːtɪkə ] , US English [ æntˈɑːrktɪkə ] ) is Earth 's southernmost continent . Antarctica is a de facto condominium , governed by parties to the Antarctic Treaty System that have consulting status . In international law , a condominium ( plural either condominia , as in Latin , or condominiums ) is a political territory ( state or border area ) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equal dominium ( in the sense of sovereignty ) and exercise their rights jointly , without dividing it into ` national ' zones . The South Pole , also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole , is one of the two points where the Earth 's axis of rotation intersects its surface .