Template:Encyclopedia Westarctica:This month in history/January
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- January - Burke Island was discovered using aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. (1960)
- 12 January - The Consul-General is deployed to the Persian Gulf in anticipation of war with Iraq. (2003)
- 14 January - Grand Duke Travis abdicated the throne of Westarctica and transferred the title, office, and all responsibilities as ruler to the Duke of Ravencroft, who had previously served as Minister of Information. The Duke was subsequently crowned as Grand Duke Philip of Westarctica. (2006)
- 14 January - Westarctica formally annexes the Balleny Islands (map pictured) from New Zealand. (2005)
- 21 January - Fabian von Bellingshausen discovers Peter I Island off the coast of Western Antarctica. (1821)
- 28 January - The Radlinski Earldom is established in the Whitmore Mountains and granted to Jeanne Morin, sister of the Duke of Ellsworth. (2002)
