ANTARCTIC REGION

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0 Port Elizabeth SOUTH 30
Year-round research station AFRICA

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Twenty of 27 Antarctic consultative nations have made enc
e
no claims to Antarctic territory (although Russia and the
United States have reserved the right to do so) and they do Bouvet Island
not recognize the claims of the other nations. (NORWAY) PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS
50 (SOUTH AFRICA)
South Georgia and the
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
SANAE

60
(Islas Malvinas)
(administered by U.K., Scotia Sea Orcadas (SOUTH French Southern
claimed by ARGENTINA) (ARGENTINA) AFRICA)
SOUTH ORKNEY
Novolazarevskaya and Antarctic Lands
ISLANDS (RUSSIA)
(FRANCE)
Neumayer Maitri
SOUTH (GERMANY) (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 Anarctica, 4897 m)
South Pole Mirnyy
Land 2800 m. (RUSSIA) Ocean
+ Vostok
Bentley Subglacial Trench (RUSSIA) d
(lowest point in Anarctica, -2540 m)
Shackleton
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Marie Byrd Ice Shelf

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Ross
Pacific
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Amundsen Ice Shelf Casey

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(AUSTRALIA)
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(N.Z.)
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TR

Ross Sea (ITALY)

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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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Graham Island
(NEW ZEALAND) AUCKLAND ISLANDS
65 Palmer Land (NEW ZEALAND)
(U.S.) Tasmania
60 50
Vernadsky Hobart
(UKRAINE) 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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