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[[File:Antarctica, France territorial claim.jpg|thumb|French territorial claim]] | [[File:Antarctica, France territorial claim.jpg|thumb|French territorial claim]] | ||
'''Adélie Land''' is territory on the continent of Antarctica claimed by France as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, although few countries have given this diplomatic recognition. | '''Adélie Land''' is territory on the continent of [[Antarctica]] [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed by France]] as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, although few countries have given this diplomatic recognition. | ||
Adélie Land lies between 136° E (near Pourquoi Pas Point at 66°12′S 136°11′E) and 142° E (near Point Alden at 66°48′S 142°02′E), with a shore length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi) and with its inland part extending as a sector of a circle about 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) toward the South Pole. Adélie Land has borders with the [[Australian Antarctic Territory]] both on the east and on the west, namely on [[Clarie Land]] (part of [[Wilkes Land]]) in the west, and [[George V Land]] in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi). Unlike the [[Chilean Antarctica|Chilean]], [[Brazilian Antarctica|Brazilian]], and a few other territorial claims in Antarctica, the French claim does not overlap that of any other country. | Adélie Land lies between 136° E (near Pourquoi Pas Point at 66°12′S 136°11′E) and 142° E (near Point Alden at 66°48′S 142°02′E), with a shore length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi) and with its inland part extending as a sector of a circle about 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) toward the South Pole. Adélie Land has borders with the [[Australian Antarctic Territory]] both on the east and on the west, namely on [[Clarie Land]] (part of [[Wilkes Land]]) in the west, and [[George V Land]] in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi). Unlike the [[Chilean Antarctica|Chilean]], [[Brazilian Antarctica|Brazilian]], and a few other territorial claims in Antarctica, the French claim does not overlap that of any other country. | ||