Ross Dependency

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Antarctic territorial claim dependent territory of New Zealand overseas territory

The Ross Dependency is a sector of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand, encompassing the Ross Ice Shelf and surrounding areas administered from New Zealand.

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic territorial claim ⓘ
dependent territory of New Zealand ⓘ
overseas territory ⓘ
administeredBy New Zealand ⓘ
administrativeCenter Scott Base ⓘ
bordersOn Ross Sea ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
capital Scott Base ⓘ
claimedBy New Zealand ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
contains McMurdo Dry Valleys ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
surface form: McMurdo Sound

Antarctica/McMurdo ⓘ
surface form: McMurdo Station

Mount Erebus ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
Scott Coast ⓘ
Victoria Land ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
currencyOfAdministration New Zealand dollar ⓘ
established 1923 ⓘ
establishedBy Orders of Council ⓘ
surface form: British Order in Council

Orders of Council ⓘ
surface form: Order in Council of 1923
extendsTo South Pole ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994 (New Zealand) ⓘ
hasResearchStation McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
includesSectorFromMeridian 160° east ⓘ
includesSectorToMeridian 150° west ⓘ
legalSystem New Zealand law ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross ⓘ
partOf East Antarctica ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Realm of New Zealand
population no permanent population ⓘ
populationType seasonal scientific personnel ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfAdministration English ⓘ
sovereignState New Zealand ⓘ
startTime 1923 ⓘ
status territorial claim in Antarctica ⓘ
subjectTo Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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

New Zealand English → primaryRegion → Ross Dependency ⓘ