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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]
Antarctica is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, which defines it as all land and ice shelves south of 60°S, and has no government and belongs to no country. However, the following territorial claims in Antarctica have been made: Argentina: Argentine Antarctica; Australia: Australian Antarctic Territory; Chile: Chilean Antarctic Territory
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 ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Chilean Antarctic Territory (2 C, 37 P) Coats Land (2 C, 2 P) E. East Antarctica (13 C, 24 P)
Printable version; In other projects ... Islands of the British Antarctic Territory (18 C) C. Islands of Coats Land (1 P) E. ... List of Antarctic and subantarctic ...
Norway claims two territories. Peter I Island (small circle in the top of the unclaimed territory) and Queen Maud Land. Norway has not officially elaborated as to the northernly extent of Queen Maud Land. This is why the Norwegian claim is illustrated differently from the other claims.
Currently there are seven nations who maintain a territorial claim in Antarctica.It is sometimes stated that the Antarctic Treaty defers or suspends these claims. However, Article IV of the treaty, which deals with the issue of territorial claims, merely specifies that previously asserted claims are not affected by the treaty.
Commissioner – Ben Merrick, Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory (2017–2021) Administrator – Stuart Doubleday, Administrator of the British Antarctic Territory (2018–present) the British Antarctic claim has not been recognised by the United Nations, US, Russia, or by most other countries