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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 ...
Seven countries have laid claim to parts of Antarctica and many more have a presence there - why is this frozen wasteland so desirable?
The consultative members include the 7 countries that claim portions of Antarctica as their territory. The 49 non-claimant countries do not recognize the claims of others. 42 parties to the Antarctic Treaty have also ratified the "Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty".
In the 1950s, seven countries including Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom claimed territorial sovereignty over portions of Antarctica. A number of other nations, including the U.S. and Japan, were engaged in exploration but hadn’t put forward claims in an official capacity.
Among the original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty were the 7 countries – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom – with territorial claims to parts of Antarctica; some overlapping.
Seven Antarctic territorial claims still exist today. Activity. Territorial claims. Download a big map (pdf) of the territorial claims. Download and read ‘Territorial claims: a slice of history’ and then answer these questions: Why do you think countries wanted to claim part of Antarctica? Why do you think the claims are all wedge shaped?
By virtue of the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959, the territorial claims to Antarctica of seven of the original signatories were held in abeyance or “frozen.”
A total of seven states have made land claims in Antarctica: France (Adélie Land), Argentina (Argentine Antarctica), Australia (Australian Antarctic Territory), the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory), Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory), Norway (Peter I Island & Queen Maud Land), and New Zealand (Ross Dependency).
Territorial Claims Relating to the Antarctic Landmass and Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty. A number of states claim parts of Antarctica. Existing claims in Antarctica reflect the sector theory, which is based on the idea of dividing the continent, as if cutting a cake, into sectors, the borders of which meet at the South Pole.
This map shows the territorial claims in Antarctica.