Australian Antarctic Territory

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The Australian Antarctic Territory is a vast region of Antarctica claimed and administered by Australia, encompassing multiple sectors of the continent and surrounding ice shelves.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Australian Antarctic Territory canonical 6

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic territory
overseas territory of Australia
administeredBy Australian Antarctic Division
administrativeCenter Hobart
areaRank largest Antarctic territorial claim
capital Hobart
claimedArea about 5,896,500 square kilometres
coastlineOn Southern Ocean
containsFeature coastal oases
ice sheet
ice shelves
containsResearchStation Casey research station
surface form: Casey Station

Davis Station
Macquarie Island Station
Mawson Station
Wilkins Runway
continent Antarctica
country Australia
currencyUsedForAdministration Australian dollar
dateEstablished 1933
environmentalRegime Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
governedUnder Antarctic Treaty System
hasClimate polar climate
includesRegion Enderby Land
George V Land
Mac. Robertson Land
surface form: Kemp Land

Mac. Robertson Land
Macquarie Island
Oates Land
Princess Elizabeth Land
Wilkes Land
largestSettlement Casey research station
surface form: Casey Station
legalSystem Australian law as modified for Antarctic application
partOf Antarctica
population no permanent population
populationType seasonal scientific and support personnel
primaryActivity scientific research
primaryLanguageOfAdministration English
recognizedBy France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
sovereigntyClaimedBy Australia
statusUnderAntarcticTreaty sovereignty claim held in abeyance
timeZoneUsed Australian Central Standard Time
Australian Eastern Standard Time
UTC+7
UTC+8
transferredFrom United Kingdom

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) borderedBy Australian Antarctic Territory
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
Commonwealth of Australia includesExternalTerritory Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian territories includes Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian territories includeAntarcticClaim Australian Antarctic Territory
Casey locatedIn Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian territorial sea appliesTo Australian Antarctic Territory