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This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60° S are not asserted. [1]
The Order in Council then went on to appoint the Governor-General and Commander-in Chief of New Zealand as the Governor of the territory. [8] In 1930, the United Kingdom claimed Enderby Land. In 1933, a British imperial order transferred territory south of 60° S and between meridians 160° E and 45° E to Australia as the Australian Antarctic ...
Unlike Antarctica itself, other nearby Subantarctic island territories most commonly associated with the Antarctic continent, but lying north of 60°S, have had full sovereignty established over them by a governing state.
Australian Antarctic Territory (12 C, 32 P) B. Brazilian Antarctica (10 P) British Antarctic Territory (14 C, 48 P) C. Chilean Antarctic Territory (2 C, 37 P)
Antarctic melt stream. Antarctica is a desert, receiving very little annual precipitation. [1] However meltwater from the continent's ice features produce a number of rivers and streams. A list of these can be found at List of rivers of Antarctica
Islands of the British Antarctic Territory (18 C) C. Islands of Coats Land (1 P) E. Islands of Ellsworth Land (1 C, 15 P) Islands of Enderby Land (33 P) G.
South Kuril/Chishima Islands (Northern Territories), Kuril/Chishima Islands, and South Sakhalin [1] [50] Russia Japan: After the end of World War II, the Japanese government renounced its claims of the sovereignty over the Kuril Islands (except for a few islands in the south) and South Sakhalin in The Treaty of San Francisco. [51]
Antarctica (territory with international status under the regulations of Antarctic Treaty, signed by 50 states; uninhabited territory) Executive-Secretary – Albert Lluberas Bonaba , Executive Secretary of Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (2017–present) Marie Byrd Land. unclaimed territory in Antarctica; Paracel Islands