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The fifth largest continent of the earth that was discovered in 1280?

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Antarctica

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Antarctica is the fifth largest continent on Earth and was first discovered in 1820 by a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. The year 1280 is incorrect as Antarctica's discovery occurred much later.

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