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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 claimed area is designated de jure a department in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic Islands. [2] [3] [4] Argentina has no de facto authority over that part of Antarctica outside its bases. [5] The area is also claimed by the United Kingdom and, in most part, by Chile.
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.
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Brazilian Antarctica (Brazil's unofficial claim) and New Swabia (Nazi Germany's historical claim) are both marked out in the code of the image but has not been coloured in. (New Swabia is lacking northernly and southernly borders on the map though) Date: 30 June 2008: Source: Vector map from Antarctica blank.svg by STyx
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Under the 1961 Antarctic Treaty, of which all territorial claimants are signatories, including New Zealand, all claims are held in abeyance. Article IV states: "No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or ...