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Norway has three dependent '''territories''', two of which are located south of 60°S latitude and therefore falling within the [[Antarctic Treaty System]].  These include [[Queen Maud Land]] (a sector of Antarctica which spans between 20° west and 45° east, formally claimed on 14 January 1938) and [[Peter I Island]] (formally claimed in 1931), a territory also claimed by [[Westarctica]] in 2005 and declared the nation's capital.
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Norway has three dependent '''Antarctic territories''', two of which are located south of 60°S latitude and therefore falling within the [[Antarctic Treaty]].  These include [[Queen Maud Land]] (a sector of Antarctica which spans between 20° west and 45° east, formally claimed on 14 January 1938) and [[Peter I Island]] (formally claimed in 1931), a territory also claimed by [[Westarctica]] in 2005 and declared the nation's capital.
 
Norway's claim on Queen Maud Land includes the entirety of the cartographic area called [[New Swabia]], a sector marked out by Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945 but never formally claimed.
 
==See also==
* [[Territorial claims in Antarctica]]


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Latest revision as of 15:02, 28 March 2024

All Antarctica, territorial claims.jpg

Norway has three dependent Antarctic territories, two of which are located south of 60°S latitude and therefore falling within the Antarctic Treaty. These include Queen Maud Land (a sector of Antarctica which spans between 20° west and 45° east, formally claimed on 14 January 1938) and Peter I Island (formally claimed in 1931), a territory also claimed by Westarctica in 2005 and declared the nation's capital.

Norway's claim on Queen Maud Land includes the entirety of the cartographic area called New Swabia, a sector marked out by Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945 but never formally claimed.

See also