Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory)

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Antarctic territory overseas territory of New Zealand

Ross Dependency is a sector of Antarctica claimed and administered by New Zealand, encompassing the Ross Ice Shelf and surrounding areas under the framework of the Antarctic Treaty System.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Zealand Ross Dependency claim 1
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) canonical 1

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic territory ⓘ
overseas territory of New Zealand ⓘ
administeredBy New Zealand ⓘ
administeredByAgency Antarctica New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ⓘ
administeredFrom Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Wellington, New Zealand
administrativeCenter Scott Base ⓘ
borderedBy Australian Antarctic Territory ⓘ
Chilean Antarctic Territory ⓘ
surface form: Chilean Antarctic Territory (sector boundary region)

unclaimed sector of Antarctica (to east or west, context-dependent) ⓘ
capital Scott Base ⓘ
claimedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom (historically)
climate polar climate ⓘ
contains Arrival Heights ⓘ
Balleny Islands (claimed) ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Black Island (Ross Archipelago) ⓘ
Cape Adare ⓘ
Cape Adare ⓘ
surface form: Cape Adare huts

Cape Bird ⓘ
Cape Crozier ⓘ
Cape Evans ⓘ
Cape Hallett ⓘ
Cape Royds ⓘ
Cape Washington ⓘ
Coulman Island ⓘ
Discovery Hut at Hut Point ⓘ
Franklin Island (Antarctica) ⓘ
Heezen Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Hatherton Glacier

Hillary Field Centre ⓘ
Koettlitz Glacier ⓘ
McMurdo Dry Valleys ⓘ
surface form: McMurdo Dry Valleys (portion)

McMurdo Ice Shelf ⓘ
McMurdo Sound ⓘ
Minna Bluff ⓘ
Mount Discovery ⓘ
Mount Erebus ⓘ
Mount Lister ⓘ
Mount Melbourne ⓘ
Mount Terror ⓘ
Mulock Glacier ⓘ
Possession Islands ⓘ
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
surface form: Ross Sea region

Scott Base ⓘ
Scott Coast ⓘ
Cape Evans ⓘ
surface form: Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans

Skelton Glacier ⓘ
Terra Nova Bay ⓘ
Terror Rift ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Transantarctic Mountains (portion)

Victoria Land ⓘ
White Island (Ross Archipelago) ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
currencyUsedForAdministration New Zealand dollar ⓘ
establishedBy New Zealand government ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Government
establishedByInstrument Orders of Council ⓘ
surface form: Order in Council (United Kingdom)
governedByPrinciple environmental protection ⓘ
peaceful purposes only ⓘ
prohibition of military activities ⓘ
governedUnder Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasNearbyForeignStation McMurdo Station ⓘ
hasNoPermanentPopulation true ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English (for administration) ⓘ
hasResearchStation Scott Base ⓘ
includesFeatureType coastal areas ⓘ
dry valleys ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
volcanoes ⓘ
latitudeExtent from South Pole to 60°S (approximate) ⓘ
legalStatus territorial claim in Antarctica ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
longitudeExtent between 160°E and 150°W (approximate) ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross ⓘ
partOf Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
primaryHumanPresence scientific and support personnel ⓘ
relatedTo Ross Sea Marine Protected Area ⓘ
seasonalPopulationPeak austral summer ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy New Zealand ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedBy limited number of states ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus frozen under Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
subjectTo Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
transferredFrom United Kingdom to New Zealand ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ

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

New Zealand Standard Time → observedIn → Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) ⓘ
Terror Rift → liesWithin → Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Ross Dependency claim