British Antarctic Territory

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British Overseas Territory overseas territory in Antarctica

The British Antarctic Territory is a United Kingdom overseas territory in Antarctica, comprising a sector of the continent and its surrounding islands and seas that is subject to overlapping territorial claims.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Antarctic Territory (claimed)	1
British Antarctic Territory Constitution	1
British Antarctic Territory Order 1962	1
British Antarctic Territory Order in Council 1989	1
United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory claim)	1
United Kingdom Antarctic Territory	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Overseas Territory ⓘ overseas territory in Antarctica ⓘ
administeredBy	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
administeredFrom	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
borderedBy	Argentine Antarctica ⓘ surface form: Argentine Antarctica to the west Chilean Antarctic Territory to the west ⓘ unclaimed sector of Antarctica to the west ⓘ
callingCode	+44 ⓘ
capital	Rothera Research Station ⓘ
climate	polar climate ⓘ
continent	Antarctica ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
created	1962 ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ
establishedBy	British Antarctic Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Antarctic Territory Order 1962
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
governingBody	Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory ⓘ
hasResearchStation	Fossil Bluff ⓘ Halley Research Station ⓘ Rothera Research Station ⓘ Signy Research Station ⓘ
includesIslandGroup	Adelaide Island ⓘ Alexander Island ⓘ Biscoe Islands ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (historically, before separation) South Orkney Islands ⓘ South Shetland Islands ⓘ
includesRegion	Graham Land ⓘ Palmer Land ⓘ West Antarctica ⓘ surface form: Ronne Ice Shelf
internetTLD	.aq ⓘ
ISO3166Code	AQ ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
monarch	Prince Charles ⓘ surface form: Charles III
nationality	British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territories citizen
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
overlapsClaimWith	Argentine Antarctica ⓘ Chilean Antarctic Territory ⓘ
population	no permanent civilian population ⓘ
primaryActivity	scientific research ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch	Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo	Antarctic Treaty ⓘ surface form: Antarctic Treaty of 1959
territorialClaimSector	between 20°W and 80°W longitude south of 60°S ⓘ
timeZone	UTC−03:00 ⓘ UTC−04:00 ⓘ UTC−05:00 ⓘ
uses	British Antarctic Territory stamps ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Orkney Islands → administeredAsPartOf → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Palmer Land → administeredBy → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory claim)

Signy Research Station → administeredBy → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom Antarctic Territory

Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory → category → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

British Antarctic Territory → establishedBy → British Antarctic Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Territory Order 1962

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → excludes → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

British Overseas Territories → include → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory → jurisdiction → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory → legalBasis → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Territory Order in Council 1989

Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory → legalBasis → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Territory Constitution

Mount Jackson → locatedIn → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Trinity Peninsula → locatedIn → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Pound sterling → officialCurrencyOf → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Argentine Antarctica → overlapsWith → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Chilean Antarctic Territory → overlapsWith → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Palmer Land → partOf → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

South Shetland Islands → partOf → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Territory (claimed)

Fossil Bluff → region → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ

Mount Nivea → sovereignTerritory → British Antarctic Territory ⓘ