ANTARCTIC REGION

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0 Port Elizabeth SOUTH 30
Year-round research station AFRICA

Scale 1:68,000,000 South Atlantic

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Twenty-one of 28 Antarctic consultative countries have enc
made no claims to Antarctic territory (although Russia and e
the United States have reserved the right to do so) and
they do not recognize the claims of the other countries. Bouvet Island
(NORWAY) PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS
50 (SOUTH AFRICA)
South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands BRITISH
(administered by U.K., CLAIM
claimed by ARGENTINA)
ÎLES
Southern CROZET

ARGENTINE
Ocean NORWEGIAN CLAIM
60
undefined limit
Falkland Islands CLAIM

60
(Islas Malvinas)
(administered by U.K., Scotia Sea Orcadas SANAE IV French Southern
claimed by ARGENTINA) (ARGENTINA) Neumayer (SOUTH Novolazarevskaya and Antarctic Lands
SOUTH ORKNEY (GERMANY) AFRICA) (RUSSIA)
ISLANDS (FRANCE)
Maitri
SOUTH (INDIA) 70 Syowa (JAPAN)
SHETLAND area of Molodezhnaya
ARGENTINA enlargement Queen Maud Land ÎLES
Ushuaia ISLANDS (RUSSIA)
Enderby KERGUELEN
Drake Halley (U.K.) Land
Passage Weddell Sea Belgrano II
(ARGENTINA) Mawson Heard Island and
CHILE Mac. Robertson
80
(AUSTRALIA) McDonald Islands
Land
Palmer (AUSTRALIA)
Land Ronne
Ice Shelf Amery Ice Shelf
Zhong Shan(CHINA)
CHILEAN Progress (RUSSIA) Davis(AUSTRALIA)
CLAIM Bellingshausen
Sea Ellsworth
Amundsen-Scott
Indian
Vinson Massif
90 W (U.S.) 90 E
Peter I Island
(highest point in Antarctica, 4897 m)
South Pole Mirnyy
Land 2800 m. Vostok (RUSSIA) Ocean
(RUSSIA)
Bentley Subglacial Trench d
(lowest point in Antarctica, -2540 m)
Shackleton
Lan

M
Marie Byrd Concordia Ice Shelf

CLAI
South Land
(FRANCE AND
ITALY)
Ross
Pacific
es

Amundsen Ice Shelf Casey

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Sea 80
Ocean
N
(AUSTRALIA)
McMurdo LIA
W

Scott (U.S.)
RA

(N.Z.)
Ross Sea
ST
AU

average minimum
extent of sea ice Victoria Land

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Poland,

Dumont d'Urville
64

Russia, South Korea, Uruguay each have 70 (FRANCE)

a station on King George Island. Ant Scott
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Island
Esperanza Circle BALLENY
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(ARGENTINA) ISLANDS FRENCH
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(CHILE) O'Higgins 55 W STR I M cti
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Macquarie Island
62

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(AUSTRALIA)
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Campbell
South
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Graham Island
(NEW ZEALAND) AUCKLAND ISLANDS
65 Palmer Land
(U.S.) 60
Pacific (NEW ZEALAND)
Tasmania
Vernadsky 50 Hobart
(UKRAINE) Ocean SNARES ISLANDS
Antarctic Larsen (NEW ZEALAND) Adelaide
Peninsula Ice Shelf Melbourne
30

NEW
30

CHATHAM ISLANDS ZEALAND South Island

Canberra
(NEW ZEALAND) Christchurch
70
Southern San Martin Wellington 40 AUSTRALIA
Ocean 15
0 Rothera
(ARGENTINA) 180 Sydney
(U.K.) North Island
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