Territorial claims in Antarctica
Official claims

Territorial claims in Antarctica

Section Title: Official claims
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Territory	Claimant	Date	Claim limits	Area (km2)

Argentine Antarctica	Argentine Antarctica (Department of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province)	Argentina	1942	-	25°W–74°W	1,461,597

Australian Antarctic Territory	Australian Antarctic Territory (External dependent territory of Australia)	Australia	1933	-	160°E–142°2′E 136°11′E–44°38′E	5,896,500

Chilean Antarctic Territory	Chilean Antarctic Territory (Commune of Antártica Chilena Province)	Chile	1940	-	53°W–90°W	1,250,257.6

French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Adélie Land (District of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands)	France	1840	-	142°2′E–136°11′E	432,000

Ross Dependency	Ross Dependency (Dependency of New Zealand)	New Zealand	1923	-	150°W–160°E	450,000

Peter I Island	Peter I Island (Dependency of Norway)	Norway	1929	-	68°50′S 90°35′W / 68.833°S 90.583°W	154

Queen Maud Land	Queen Maud Land (Dependency of Norway)	Norway	1939	-	44°38′E–20°W	2,700,000

British Antarctic Territory	British Antarctic Territory (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	1908	-	20°W–80°W	1,709,400

Total	13,899,908.6

Sentence(s)

Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in 1939.
In 1939, Norway claimed Queen Maud Land.

final_sentence: Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in 1939.
final_sentence: In 1939, Norway claimed Queen Maud Land.