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Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories; however, a number of such facilities are located outside of the area claimed by their ...
The United Kingdom has had a continuous presence in the far South Atlantic since 1833 when it reasserted sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.In 1908, the UK extended its territorial claim by declaring sovereignty over "South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, the Sandwich Islands, and Graham's Land, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean and on the Antarctic continent to the ...
Most countries do not recognise the sovereignty claims of any other country, including Britain's, to Antarctica and its off-shore islands. Five nations contest, with counter-claims, the UK's sovereignty in the following overseas territories: British Antarctic Territory – territory overlaps Antarctic claims made by Chile and Argentina
Crown colony, an obsolete term for the Overseas Territories, and historically many others with a similar status. Commonwealth of Nations, former parts of the British Empire which are now fully independent countries, many now republics. Commonwealth realms, those of the above countries which retain the same monarch as the United Kingdom.
Geography of the British Antarctic Territory — a British Overseas Territories in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Subcategories. This category has the following 6 ...
Territory Claim limits Map 1840 France Adélie Land: Originally undefined; later specified to be 142°2 ′ E to 136°11 ′ E 1908 United Kingdom British Antarctic Territory: 80°0 ′ W to 20°0 ′ W 80°0 ′ W to 74°0 ′ W claimed by Chile (1940) 74°0 ′ W to 53°0 ′ W claimed by Chile (1940) and Argentina (1943)
The sea is contained within the two overlapping Antarctic territorial claims of Argentine Antarctica, the British Antarctic Territory, and also resides partially within the Antarctic Chilean Territory. At its widest the sea is around 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) across, and its area is around 2.8 million square kilometres (1.1 × 10 ^ 6 sq mi). [1]
Pages in category "British Antarctic Territory" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...