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==Other European countries==
==Other European countries==
::''Main article: [[Norwegian Antarctic claim]]''
===Norway===
Norway maintains several claims to land south of the [[Antarctic Circle]] including [[Queen Maud Land]] and [[Peter I Island]], which is contested by [[Westarctica]].
Norway maintains [[Norwegian Antarctic claim|several claims]] to land south of the [[Antarctic Circle]] including [[Queen Maud Land]] and [[Peter I Island]], which is contested by [[Westarctica]].


===Nazi Germany===
From 1938 - 1939, Nazi Germany explored a portion of the Norwegian claim and the area was christened ''[[New Swabia|Neu-Schwabenland]]'', but this claim was never formalized and was not recognized by any other nation.  It does not conflict with any claim made by Westarctica.
From 1938 - 1939, Nazi Germany explored a portion of the Norwegian claim and the area was christened ''[[New Swabia|Neu-Schwabenland]]'', but this claim was never formalized and was not recognized by any other nation.  It does not conflict with any claim made by Westarctica.
==South American countries==
===Brazil===
[[Brazilian Antarctica]] is a hypothetical Antarctic territory south of 60°S and from 28°W to 53°W, proposed as "Zone of Interest" by Brazil. It exists completely within the British claim as well as the Argentine one. It's claim is based on the legally questionable concept of [[frontage theory]].
===Uruguay===
Uruguayan Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Uruguaya) is the sector of [[Antarctica]] where Professor Julio César Musso believes the Republic of Uruguay should exercise its sovereignty. It was not assigned a specific definition nor meant as a territorial claim, but rather was intended as an area of natural action of the southern maritime projection of Uruguay. Uruguay is part of the [[Antarctic Treaty]] System as a consulting member, and it reserved the right to make a territorial claim.


==Westarctica==
==Westarctica==