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'''Queen Maud Land'''  is a 2.7 million-square-kilometer region of [[Antarctica]] claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. It lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the self-claimed [[British Antarctic Territory]] to the west and the similarly self-claimed [[Australian Antarctic Territory]] to the east. On most maps there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land's borders of 1939 and the South Pole until June 12, 2015 when Norway formally annexed that area.  Positioned in [[East Antarctica]], the territory comprises about one-fifth of the total area of Antarctica. The claim is named after the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales (1869–1938).

'''Queen Maud Land'''  is a 2.7 million-square-kilometer region of [[Antarctica]] claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. It lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the self-claimed [[British Antarctic Territory]] to the west and the similarly self-claimed [[Australian Antarctic Territory]] to the east. On most maps there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land's borders of 1939 and the South Pole until June 12, 2015 when Norway formally annexed that area.  Positioned in [[East Antarctica]], the territory comprises about one-fifth of the total area of Antarctica. The claim is named after the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales (1869–1938).