Topics: Polar Regions : Antarctic
According to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Antarctic Region is defined as follows;Article VIThe provisions of the present Treaty shall apply to the area south of 60 deg South Latitude, including all ice shelves, but nothing in the present Treaty shall prejudice or in any way affect the rights, or the exercise of the rights, of any State under international law with regard to the high seas within that area.
Antarctica
Antarctica is the Earth's fifth largest and highest (on average) continent, which doubles in size during winter.
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Auckland Island
Location: 50°29' to 50°56'S : 165°52' to 166°20'E The group consists of one main island with several smaller ones and offliers.
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Bouvet Island
Location: 54°25'S : 3°22'EAlso known as Bouvetøya, this island is a single volcanic island with an offlier.
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Campbell Island
Location: 52°33'S : 169°09'E Campbell Island is of ancient volcanic origin with offliers. It is unglacierized and covers an area of 113 km2 with the highest elevation being Mt.
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French Southern Territories
Also known as Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, this territory includes the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, Amsterdam Island, and Saint Paul Island.
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Heard and McDonald Islands
The Heard and MacDonald Islands are renowned as the only Subantarctic islands not to have suffered from the introduction of alien species.
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Marion and Prince Edward Islands
The group consists of two main islands, Prince Edward Island and Marion Island. They are separated by 22 km and are of volcanic origin with a number of outliers.
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are British territories also claimed by Argentina as part of the Islas del Atlántico Sur.
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South Orkney Islands
Location: 60°30' to 60°50'S : 44°15' to 46°15'W The group consists of four major islands: Coronation, Signy, Powell and Laurie Islands, with several minor islands, offlying islets and rocks.
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South Shetland Islands
Location: 61°00' to 63°22'S : 53°50' to 62°50'W This group stretches some 540 km and consists of four primary groups, including eleven major islands (Elephant and Clarence Islands; King George and Nelson Islands; Robert, Greenwich, Livingston, Snow and Deception Islands; Smith and Low Islands).
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