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Herman Eduard von Hoist, wrote, “Contoy was not, in an international sense, a desert, that is an abandoned island and hence terra nullius." [21] In 1888, the Institut de Droit International introduced the concept of territorium nullius (nobody’s territory) as a public law equivalent to the private law concept of res nullius. [22]
The Clunies-Ross family were the original settlers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean. From 1827 to 1978, the family ruled the previously uninhabited islands as a private fiefdom, initially as terra nullius and then later under
Devon Island, in the Canadian North, is the world's largest uninhabited island. Northeast Greenland National Park , which is the world's largest terrestrial protected area, has had a census population of 0 for many years since the only mine in the region closed.
French map of 1862 shows Patagonia as Terra Nullius (" réclamée par la république Argentine ") and Tierra del Fuego with the same color as the Falkland Islands.This map does not reflect actual de facto borders of Chile and Argentina.
The Court agreed with Malaysia that the Johor Sultanate had original title to Pedra Branca, rejecting Singapore's argument that the island was terra nullius. [83] [84] It found it was not disputed that Johor had established itself as a sovereign state with a certain territorial domain in Southeast Asia since it came into existence in 1512. [85]
The doctrine of terra nullius was not applicable to Australia at the time of British settlement of New South Wales; The Crown acquires radical title to land when it acquires sovereignty over it; Native title exists as part of the common law of Australia; The source of native title was the traditional customs and laws of Indigenous groups
France's argument for its ownership of Clipperton was based on its 1858 claim and the formal annexation of the island and that the land was terra nullius. [20] [22] Additionally, France had maintained its ownership of Clipperton when other nations had claimed or landed on Clipperton. [23]
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 ...