|
|
|
Antarctica: Territorial Claims¹ and International
Presence |
| Territorial
Claims |
| Adelie
Land |
►French
Antarctic Expedition discovery 1840
|
►Claimed
by France 1938
|
►To
French Southern and Antarctic Lands see
France
|
|
| Antarctic
Peninsula |
►Possible
Russian (Fabian von Bellingshausen)
discovery 1820
|
►Claimed
by Chile as O'Higgins Land
|
|
| Alexander
Island |
►Russian
(Fabian von Bellingshausen) discovery
1821
|
►Chilean
claim 1940
|
►Argentinian
claim 1942
|
|
Argentine
Antarctica 53°W to 90°W
Alexander
Island,
part of Ellsworth Land, part
of Graham Land, part of Coats Land, part of Palmer Land
|
| ►Part
of the province of Tierra
del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands in
Argentina |
|
Australian
Antarctic Territory 142°E to 136°E; 45°E to 20°W
Enderby Land, Wilkes Land, Mac. Robertson Land, George V Land,
Kemp Land, Princess Elizabeth Land, Wilhelm II Land, Queen
Mary Land,
part of Victoria
Land
|
►Territory
transferred from Britain to Australia 1930
|
►Created
through act of Australian Parliament 1933
|
|
| Balleny
Islands |
►British
(John Balleny) discovery 1839
|
►To
New Zealand Ross Dependency |
|
| Berkner
Island |
►Ronnie
Antarctic Research Expedition sighting 1947
|
►Argentinia
claim to part of the territory
|
|
| Bouvet
Island
(see
Norway) |
|
British
Antarctic Territory 25°W to 74°W
South
Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Graham Land,
part
of Ellsworth Land,
part
of Coats Land, part
of Palmer Land
|
►Overseas
dependent territory status 1962
|
| ►British
Overseas Territory 2002-
|
| High
Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory |
| Sir
Edwin Arrowsmith
|
1962-64;
†1992
|
•••• |
| Sir
Cosmo Haskard
|
1964-70;
†2017
|
•••• |
| Ernest
Lewis
|
1971-75;
†2006
|
•••• |
| Neville
French
|
1975-77;
†1995
|
•••• |
| James
Parker
|
1977-80;
†2009
|
•••• |
| Sir
Rex Hunt
|
1980-85;
†2012
|
•••• |
| Sir
Gordon Jewkes
|
1985-88;
*1931
|
•••• |
| William
Fullerton
|
1988-90;
*1939
|
•••• |
| Commissioners
of the British Antarctic Territory |
| Merrick
Baker-Bates
|
1990-92;
*1939
|
•••• |
| Peter
Newton
|
1992-95;
*1942
|
•••• |
| Anthony
Longrigg
|
1995-97;
*1944
|
•••• |
| John
White
|
1997-2001;
*1946
|
•••• |
| Alan
Huckle
|
2001-04;
*1948
|
•••• |
| Anthony
Crombie
|
2004-06;
*1956
|
•••• |
| Robert
Leigh Turner
|
2006-08
|
•••• |
| Colin
Roberts
|
2008-12;
*1959
|
•••• |
| Peter
Hayes
|
2012-16;
*1963
|
•••• |
| John
Kittmer
|
2016-17;
*1967
|
•••• |
| Benjamin
Merrick
|
2017-21
|
•••• |
| Paul
Candler
|
2021-
|
•••• |
|
| Charcot
Island |
►French
Antarctic Expedition discovery 1903-05
|
►Chilean
claim |
|
Chilean
Antarctic Territory 90°W to 150°W
O'Higgins
Land (Antarctic Peninsula), South Shetland Islands, Alexander
Island, Charcot Island,
part of Ellsworth
Land, part of Graham Land, part of Palmer Land
|
| ►Known
in Chile as Antarctica Commune
from 1961 |
|
| Coats
Land |
►Scottish
National Antarctic Expedition discovery 1904
|
►British
claim to part of the territory
|
►Argentinian
claim to part of the territory
|
|
| Enderby
Land |
►British
(John Biscoe) discovery 1831
|
►British
claim 1930
|
►British
transfer to Australia 1933
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Ellsworth
Land |
►American
(Lincoln Ellsworth) discovery
|
►Parts
claimed by Chile, the United Kingdom, and Argentina; part
unclaimed
|
|
French
Antarctic Lands 136°E to 45°E
Adelie
Land |
►French
presidential Decree issued, reserving rights to the lands
claimed in the Antarctic 1924 |
|
| George
V Land |
►Australian
Antarctic Expedition discovery 1911-14
|
►British
claim 1930-31
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Graham
Land |
►British
(Edward Bransfield) discovery 1820
|
►Area
named by the British 1832
|
►Formal
British assertion of Sovereignty 1908
|
►To
Falkland Islands Dependencies 1908-62
|
►Argentinian
claim 1925-
|
►Chilean
claim to part of the territory
|
►To
British Antarctic Territory 1962-
|
|
| Kemp
Land |
►British
(Peter Kemp) discovery 1833
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Mac.
Robertson Land |
►British
Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition discovery
1929
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Marie
Byrd Land |
►American
(Richard Byrd) discovery 1929
|
►Unclaimed,
but considered an American domain
|
|
| Oates
Land |
►British
(Harry Pennell) discovery 1911
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| O'Higgins
Land (see
Antarctic Peninsula) |
|
| Palmer
Land |
►American
(Nat Palmer) or Russian (Fabian von Bellingshausen) 1820
|
►Chilean
claim to part of the territory
|
|
| Peter
I Island
|
►Russian
(Fabian von Bellingshausen) discovery
1821
|
►Annexed
by Norway 1929
|
►Formal
Norwegian claim 1931
|
►Dependency
of Norway 1933
|
|
| Princess
Elizabeth Land |
►British
Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition discovery
1931
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Queen
Mary Land |
►Australian
Antarctic Expedition discovery 1912
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Queen
Maud Land
|
►Norwegian
(Hjalmer Riiser-Larsen) discoverey 1930
|
►Norwegian
claim 1939
|
|
Queen
Maud Land (Dependency)
44°'E
to–20°W; 150°W to 160°E
Queen
Maud Land, Peter I Island
|
|
| Roosevelt
Island
|
►American
(Richard Byrd) discovery 1934
|
►To
New Zealand Ross Dependency
|
|
Ross
Dependency 160°E to 142°E
Balleny Islands, Scott Island, Roosevelt Island,
most of Ross
Ice Shelf, part of Victoria Land
|
►Area
annexed by Britain 1923
|
| ►Administration
passed to New Zealand 1923
|
|
| Ross
Ice Shelf |
►British
(James Ross) discovery 1841
|
►Most
to New Zealand Ross Dependency |
|
| Scott
Island |
►British
(William Colbeck) discovery 1902
|
►To
Ross Dependency |
|
South
Orkney Islands
Karlsen
Rock, Governor Islands, Coronation Island, Melsom Rocks, Despair
Rocks, Nicolas Rocks, Lay-Brother Rock, Inaccessible Islands,
Spine Island, Larsen Islands, Mainsail Rock, The Twins, Sphinx
Rock, Sorlle Rocks, Saddle Island, Powell Island, Weddell Islands,
Lynch Island, Gosling Islands, Mabel Island, Gerd Island, Monk
Islands, Hart Rock, Laurie Island, Bruce Islands, South Coronation
Island, Reid Island, Signy Island, Herdman Rocks, Rudmose Rocks,
Eillium Island, Whale Skerries, Powell Rock, Balin Rocks, Thule
Islands, Spindrift Rocks, Flensing Islands, Expedition Rock,
Nigg Rock, Fredriksen Island, Outer Island, Bare Rock, Small
Rock, Billie Rocks, Cam Rock, Jebsen Rocks, Baldred Rock, Graptolite
Island, Michelsen Island, Christoffersen Island, Confusion Island,
Shagnasty Island, Moe Island, Grey Island, Robertson Islands,
Oliphant Islands, Mariholm, Valette Island, Acuña Island,
Murray Islands, Florence Rock, Ailsa Craig
|
►British-American
(George Powell and Nat Palmer) discovery 1821
|
►Scientific
base established by William Speirs Bruce 1903-04 sold to Argentina
|
►British
annexation 1908
|
►Argentinian
claim to part of the territory
|
►To
Falkland Islands Dependencies 1908-62
|
►To
British Antarctic Territory 1962-
|
|
South
Shetland Islands
Seal
Islands, Gibbous Rocks, Borceguí Island, Cornwallis Island,
Gnomon Island, West Reef, Pinnacle Rock, Sugarloaf Island, Clarence
Island, Elephant Island, Cruiser Rocks, Rowett Island, Gibbs
Island, Aspland Island, Eadie Island, O’Brien Island,
Bransfield Rocks, Ridley Island, Hole Rock, Limit Rock, Cove
Rock, Jagged Island, Pyrites Island, Shearer Stack, Kellick
Island, Owen Island, Tartar Island, King George Island, Foreland
Island, Simpson Rocks, Middle Island, Trowbridge Island, Hauken
Rock, Ornen Rocks, Livonia Rock, Penola Island, Bridgeman Island,
Stump Rock, O’Connors Rock, Sea Leopard Patch, Penguin
Island, Martello Tower, Atherton Islands, Growler Rock, Caraquet
Rock, Twin Pinnacles, Denais Stack, Napier Rock, Dufayel Island,
Square End Island, Sinbad Rock, Syrezol Rocks, Chabrier Rock,
Upton Rock, Ardley Island, Nancy Rock, Tu Rocks, Dart Island,
Weeks Stack, Withen Island, Telefon Rocks, Two Summit Island,
Nelson Island, Emm Rock, Folger Rock, Low Rock, Parry Patch,
Mellona Rocks, The Watchkeeper, Pig Rock, Liberty Rocks, Henfield
Rock, Potmess Rocks, Robert Island, Heywood Island, Monica Rock,
Lone Rock, Cornwall Island, Turmoil Rock, Table Island, Bowler
Rocks, Grace Rock, Salient Rock, Chaos Reef, Cheshire Rock,
Aitcho Islands, Holmes Rock, Romeo Island, Sierra Island, Stoker
Island, Dee Island, Burro Peaks, Ongley Island, Pyramid Island,
Zed Island, Eliza Rocks, Cone Rock, Corner Rock, Ibar Rocks,
Cave Island, Express Island, Tenorio Rock, Greenwich Island,
Channel Rock, Livingston Island, Craggy Island, Desolation Island,
San Telmo Island, González Island, Dunbar Islands, Indian
Rocks, Wood Island, Fortín Rock, Fuente Rock, Honores
Rock, Vidal Rock, Basso Island, Chapman Rocks, Lynx Rocks, Frederick
Rocks, Window Island, Svip Rocks, Cutler Stack, The Pointers,
Eddystone Rocks, Rugged Rocks, Rugged Island, Stewart Stacks,
Astor Island, Hetty Rock, Stackpole Rocks, Vietor Rocks, Sally
Rocks, Enchantress Rocks, Long Rock, Aim Rocks, Snow Island,
Conical Rock, Castle Rock, Keep Rock, Knight Rocks, Tooth Rock,
Barlow Island, Deception Island, Smith Island, Meade Islands,
Sewing-Machine Needles, Ravn Rock, New Rock, Lavebrua Island,
Sail Rock, Van Rocks, Low Island
|
►British
discovery (William Smith) and claim 1819
|
►To
Falkland Islands Dependencies 1908-62
|
►Chilean
claim 1940-
|
►Argentinian
claim 1943-
|
►To
British Antarctic Territory 1962-
|
|
Unclaimed
territory 150°W to 160°E
Marie
Byrd Land |
►British
(James Ross) discovery 1841
|
|
| Victoria
Land |
►British
(James Ross) discovery 1841
|
►Australian
claim to part of the territory
|
►Part
of to New Zealand Ross Dependency
|
|
| Wilhelm
II Land |
►German
Antarctic Expedition discovery 1901-04
|
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Wilkes
Land |
►To
Australian Antarctic Territory 1933
|
|
| Current
Antarctic Stations** |
| Country |
Station
Name |
Other
Name/s |
Period |
Location |
Coord. |
Date
Est. |
| Argentina |
Belgrano
Station II Antarctic Base |
General
Belgrano Station II |
Perm. |
Bertrab
Nunatak, Vahsel Bay, Luitpold Coast of Coats Land |
77°54' S,
34°36' W |
5
Feb. 1979 |
| Brown
Antarctic Base |
Almirante
Brown Station |
Season |
Paradise
Harbour, Danco Coast |
64°53' S,
62°53' W |
6
Apr. 1951 |
| Cámara
Antarctic Base |
Teniente
Cámara Station |
Season |
East
side of Half Moon Island |
62°36'
S,
59°57' W |
1
Apr. 1953 |
| Carlini
Antarctic Base |
|
Perm. |
Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetlands |
62°14'
S,
58°40' W |
21
Nov. 1953 |
| Decepción
Antarctic Base |
Primero
de Mayo Station; Destacamento Naval Decepción |
Season |
Deception
Island, South Shetlands |
62°59'
S,
60°41' W |
25
Jan. 1948 |
| Esperanza
Antarctic Base |
Base
de Ejército Esperanza |
Perm. |
Hope
Bay, Trinity Peninsula |
63°24' S,
56°59' W |
14
Jan. 1952 |
| Marambio
Antarctic Base |
Base
Aérea Vice-comodoro Gustavo A. Marambio |
Perm. |
Seymour
Island |
64°17' S,
56°45' W |
29
Oct. 1969 |
| Matienzo
Antarctic Base |
Teniente
Matienzo Station |
Season |
Larsen Nunatak, Seal Nunataks, Larsen Ice
Shelf |
64°58' S,
60°02' W |
15
Mar. 1961 |
| Melchior
Antarctic Base |
Destacamento
Naval Melchior |
Season |
Gamma Island, Melchior Islands |
64°20'
S,
62°59' W |
31
Mar. 1947 |
| Órcadas
Station |
|
Perm. |
Jessie
Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkneys |
60°45'
S,
44°43' W |
Jan.
1905 |
| Petrel
Antarctic Base |
|
Season |
Petrel
Cove, Welchness, Dundee Island, Weddell Sea |
63°28' S,
0 56°12' W |
22
Feb. 1952 |
| Primavera
Station |
|
Season |
Cierva Point, Hughes Bay, Danco Coast |
64°09'
S,
60°55' W |
23 Jan. 1954 |
| San
Martín Station |
Base de Ejército General San
Martín |
Perm. |
Caleta Sanavirón, Barry Island, Debenham Islands, off
Graham Land coast |
68°07' S,
67°08' W |
21
Mar. 1951 |
| Australia |
Casey
Station |
|
Perm. |
Vincennes
Bay, Budd Coast of Wilkes Land |
66°17'
S,
110°32' E |
19
Feb. 1969 |
| Davis
Station |
|
Perm. |
Princess
Elizabeth Land |
68°35' S,
77°58' E |
13
Jan. 1957 |
| Mawson
Station |
|
Perm. |
Horseshoe
Harbour, Holme Bay, Mawson
Coast, Mac. Robertson Land |
67°36' S,
62°52' E |
Jan.
1954 |
| Belarus |
Mount Evening
Station |
Mount
Vechernyaya Station |
Season |
Mount
Vechernyaya, Thala Hills, Enderby
Land |
67°39'
S,
46°09' E |
27 Jan. 2020 |
| Belgium |
Princess
Elisabeth Antarctica |
|
Season |
Utsteinen
Nunatak, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land |
71°58'
S,
23°34' E |
2007 |
| Brazil |
Comandante
Ferraz Station |
|
Perm. |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°05'
S,
58°23' W |
6
Feb. 1984 |
| Criosfera
1 Station |
|
Season |
Union
Glacier |
84°
S,
79°30' W |
12
Jan. 2012 |
| Bulgaria |
St
Kliment Ohridski Station |
|
Season |
Bulgarian Beach, Livingston Island coast, South Shetlands |
62°38'
S,
60°22' W |
26–29
Apr. 1988 |
|
Chile |
Arturo
Prat Naval Base |
Capitán
Arturo Prat Station |
Perm. |
Greenwich
Island, South Shetlands |
62°30' S,
59°41' W |
6
Feb. 1947 |
| Bahía
Fildes Maritime Station |
Capitanía
de Puerto de Bahía Fildes |
Perm. |
Fildes Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands |
62°12'
S,
58°55' W |
5
Jan. 1987 |
| Carvajal
Station |
Teniente
Carvajal Station |
Season |
Adelaide
Island |
67°46' S,
68°55' W |
14
Aug. 1984 |
| Dr
Guillermo Mann Station |
|
Season |
Spring Point, Hughes Bay, Danco Coast, Graham Land |
64°17'
S,
61°04' W |
1972–1973 |
| Gabriel
González Videla Station |
Presidente
Gabriel González Videla Station |
Season |
Waterboat
Point, Paradise Harbour, Danco Coast |
64°49'
S,
62°52' W |
12
Mar. 1951 |
| O'Higgins
Base |
Base
Libertador
General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme |
Perm. |
Schmidt
Peninsula,
Trinity Peninsula |
63°19'
S,
57°54' W |
18
Feb. 1948 |
| Presidente
Eduardo Frei
Antarctic Base |
Presidente
Eduardo Frei
Montalva Station |
Perm. |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°12'
S,
58°58' W |
7
Mar. 1969 |
| Profesor
Julio Escudero Station |
Escudero
Station |
Season |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°12'
S,
58°58' W |
5
Feb. 1995 |
| Rada
Covadonga Station |
|
Season |
O'Higgins
Base |
63°19'
S,
57°54' W |
|
| Risopatrón
Station |
Luis
Risopatrón Station |
Season |
Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula |
63°19'
S,
57°55' W |
Feb.
1957 |
| Yelcho
Station |
Sub-base
Yelcho |
Season |
South Bay, Doumer Island, between
Wiencke Island and Anvers Island |
64°54' S,
63°43' W |
18
Feb. 1962 |
| China |
Great
Wall Station |
|
Perm. |
Fildes
Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetlands |
62°13' S,
58°58' W |
20
Feb. 1985 |
| Taishan
Station |
|
Season |
Princess
Elizabeth Land |
73°51'
S,
76°56 E |
Feb.
2014 |
| Kunlun
Station |
|
Season |
Dome
A |
80°25'
S,
77°06' W |
Jan.
2009 |
| Zhongshan
Station |
Sun
Yat Sen Station |
Perm. |
Zhongshan Wan, Broknes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Ingrid Christensen
Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land |
69°22'
S,
76°23' E |
26
Feb. 1989 |
| Czech
Republic |
Johann
Gregor Mendel Station |
|
Season |
Ulu Peninsula, Brandy Bay, James Ross Island |
63°49'
S,
57°54' W |
Feb.
2006 |
| Ecuador |
Pedro
Vicente Maldonado Station |
|
Season |
Canto Point, Discovery Bay,
Greenwich Island, South Shetlands |
62°27'
S,
59°45' W |
2 Mar. 1990 |
| Finland |
Aboa
Station |
Nordensjköld
Base (joined with Wasa Station) |
Season |
Basen Nunatak, Kraul
Mountains |
73°03' S,
13°25' W |
1988–1989 |
| France |
Concordia
Station
(joint French-Italian) |
Dome
C Scientific Station |
Perm. |
Dome
C |
75°06'
S,
123°23' E |
Dec.
1993 |
| Dumont
d'Urville Station |
|
Perm. |
Pétrel
Island, Adélie Land |
66°40'
S,
140°01' E |
12
Jan. 1956 |
| Robert
Guillard (joint French-Italian) |
Robert
Guillard-Cap Prud’homme Station |
Season |
Pétrel
Island, Adélie Land |
66°41'
S,
139°54' E |
1990s |
| Germany |
German
Antarctic Receiving Station |
|
Perm. |
Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetlands |
63°19'
S,
57°54' W |
9
Oct. 1991 |
| Gondwana
Station |
|
Season |
Terra
Nova Bay, Pennell Coast |
74°38'
S,
164°13' E |
Jan.
1983 |
| Kohnen
Station |
Heinz
Kohnen Station |
Season |
Amundsenisen,
Maudheimvidda, Queen Maud Land |
75°00' S,
0°04' E |
11
Mar. 2001 |
| Neumayer
III |
Georg
von Neumayer Station III |
Perm. |
Ekström
Ice Shelf, Atka Bay, Dronning, Maud Land |
70°39' S,
8°16' W |
Feb.
2009 |
| India |
Bharati
Station |
|
Perm. |
Larsemann
Hills |
69°24'
S,
76°11' E |
2012/2013 |
| Maitri
Station |
|
Perm. |
Schirmacher
Oasis |
70°46' S,
11°44' E |
9
Mar. 1989 |
| Italy |
Concordia Station
(jointly with France) |
Dome
C Scientific Station |
Perm. |
Dome
C |
75°06'
S,
123°23' E |
Dec.
1993 |
| Mario
Zucchelli Station |
|
Season |
Northern Foothills, Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land |
74°42' S,
164°07' E |
Feb.
1987 |
| Robert
Guillard (joint French-Italian) |
Robert
Guillard-Cap Prud’homme Station |
Season |
Pétrel
Island, Adélie Land |
66°41'
S,
139°54' E |
1990s |
| Japan |
Asuka
Station |
|
Season |
Breid
Bay, near Princess Ragnhild Coast, Queen Maud Land |
71°31'
S,
24°08' E |
Dec.
1984 |
| Dome
Fuji Station |
|
Season |
Near Prince Harald Coast, Queen Maud Land |
77°19'
S,
39°42' E |
29
Jan. 1995 |
| Mizuho
Station |
|
Season |
Mizuho
Plateau, Queen Maud Land, |
70°42'
S,
44°19' E |
July
1972 |
| Syowa
Station |
Showa
Station |
Perm. |
East Ongul Island, Lützow-Holm Bay, Prince Olav Coast |
69°00' S,
39°35' E |
14
Feb. 1957 |
| New
Zealand |
Scott
Base |
|
Perm. |
Pram Point, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island |
77°50'
S,
166°45' E |
20
Jan. 1957 |
| Vanda
Station |
|
Season |
Lake Vanda, Wright Valley, Victoria Land |
77°31'
S,
161°40' E |
1968–69 |
| Norway |
Tor
Station |
|
Season |
Svarthamaren,
Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains,
Queen Maud Land |
71°53'
S,
5°09' E |
Feb.
1993 |
| Troll
Station |
|
Perm. |
Jutulsessen Mountain, Gjelsvik Mountains, Muhlig-Hofmann
Mountains, Fimbulheimen |
72°01'
S,
2°32' E |
Feb.
1990 |
| Pakistan |
Jinnah
Antarctic Research Station |
|
Season |
Princess
Ragnhild Coast, Queen Maud Land |
70°24'
S,
25°45' E |
25
Jan. 1991 |
| Peru |
Machu
Picchu Station |
Machu
Picchu Scientific Base |
Season |
Crespin
Point,
Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands |
62°05'
S,
58°28' W |
Jan.–Feb.
1991 |
| Poland |
Bunger
Oasis Station (joint Polish-Russian) |
Dobrowolski;
Oazis Station |
Season |
Bunger
Hills |
66°16'
S,
100°45' E |
Oct.
1956 |
| Henryk
Arctowski Station |
Arctowski
Station |
Perm. |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°10'
S,
58°28' W |
26
Feb. 1977 |
Private
(Jaroslav Pavlicek) |
Eco
Nelson |
|
Season |
Nelson Island, South Shetlands |
62°15'
S,
58°59' W |
1989 |
| Romania |
Law-Racovitza
Station |
|
Season |
Broknes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth
Land |
69°23'
S,
76°23' E |
20
Feb . 2006 |
| Russia |
Bellinghausen
Station |
|
Perm. |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°12'
S,
58°58' W |
22
Feb. 1968 |
| Bunger
Oasis Station (joint Polish-Russian) |
Dobrowolski;
Oazis Station |
Season |
Bunger
Hills |
66°16'
S,
100°45' E |
Oct.
1956 |
| Druzhnaya
IV Station |
|
Season |
Landing Bluff,
Sandefjord Ice Bay, Ingrid Christensen
Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land |
69°44' S,
73°42' E |
18
Jan. 1987 |
| Leningradskaya
Station |
|
Season |
Oates
Land, Victoria Land |
69°30'
S,
159°23' E |
1969–70 |
| Mirny
Station |
|
Perm. |
Mirnyy Peninsula, coast of Queen Mary Land |
66°33' S,
93°01' E |
13
Feb. 1956 |
| Molodezhnaya
Station |
Antarctic
Meteorological
Centre Molodëzhnaja |
Season |
Thala Hills, Enderby
Land |
67°40'
S,
45°51' E |
1961–62 |
| Novolazarevskaya
Station |
|
Perm. |
Schirmacher Hills, near Queen Mary Mountains, Lazarev Ice Shelf,
Queen Maud Land |
70°46' S,
11°50' E |
18
Jan. 1961 |
| Progress
2 Station |
|
Perm. |
Broknes
Peninsula, Larsemann Hills |
69°23'
S,
76°23' E |
1
Apr. 1988 |
| Progress
3 Station |
|
Season |
Broknes
Peninsula, Larsemann Hills |
69°24'
S,
76°24' E |
|
| Russkaya
Station |
|
Season |
Cape Burks, Hobbs Coast, Marie Byrd Land |
74°46'
S,
136°52' W |
1972–73 |
| Soyuz
Station |
|
Season |
Jetty
Peninsula, on Beaver Lake, Prince Charles Mountains |
70°35'
S,
68°47' E |
1982–83 |
| Vostok
Station |
|
Perm. |
South
Geomagnetic Pole, Polar Plateau, Knox Coast |
78°28'
S,
106°48' E |
16
Dec. 1957 |
| South
Africa |
Sanae
IV |
Vesles |
Perm. |
Vesleskarvet,
Ahlmann Ridge, Queen Maud Land |
71°41' S,
2°53' W |
19
Jan. 1997 |
| Sanap
Summer Station |
Neumayer
Emergency Base |
Season |
Atka
Bay |
70°38' S,
8°14' W |
Dec.
2009 |
| South
Korea |
Jang
Bogo Station |
|
Perm. |
Terra
Nova Bay |
74°37'
S,
16°12' E |
2014 |
|
King Sejong Station |
|
Perm. |
Barton
Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetlands |
62°13'
S,
58°45' W |
17
Feb. 1988 |
| Spain |
Gabriel
de Castilla Station |
|
Season |
Deception Island, South Shetlands |
62°59' S,
60°41'
W
|
1989–90 |
| Juan
Carlos I Station |
Rey
Juan Carlos I Station |
Season |
Hurd
Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetlands |
62°39' S,
60°23' W |
Jan.
1988 |
| Sweden |
Svea |
|
Season |
Sivorgfjella, Heimefront Range, Princess Martha Coast, Maudheimvidda,
Queen Maud Land |
74°35' S,
11°13' W |
Jan.
1988 |
| Wasa |
Nordensjköld
Base (joined with Aboa Station) |
Season |
Basen Nunatak, Vestfjella, Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud
Land |
73°03' S,
13°25' W |
1988–1989 |
| Ukraine |
Vernadsky
Station |
Akademik
Vernadsky Station |
Perm. |
Marina
Point, coast of Galíndez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham
Coast |
65°15' S,
64°16' W |
6
Feb. 1996 |
| United
Kingdom |
Fossil
Bluff Station
|
|
|
Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island |
71°20' S,
68°17' W |
20
Feb. 1961 |
| Halley
VI Station |
|
Perm. |
Halley
Bay, Brunt Ice Shelf, Caird Coast, Coats Land |
75°35'
S,
26°14' W |
28
Feb. 2012 |
| Port
Lockroy Station |
Station
A |
Perm. |
Goudier Island, Port Lockroy |
64°49'
S,
63°31' W |
11
Feb. 1944 |
| Rothera
Station |
|
Perm. |
Rothera Point, Adelaide Island |
67°34'
S,
68°08' W |
25
Oct. 1975 |
| Signy
Station |
Signy
Island Station; Base H |
Season |
Factory
Cove, Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkneys |
60°43'
S,
45°38' W |
18
Mar. 947 |
United
States of
America |
Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station |
Pole
Station; South Pole Station |
Perm. |
South
Pole |
90°
S, 0° E |
1957 |
| McMurdo
Station |
|
Perm. |
Ross
Island |
77°51' S,
166°40' E |
Feb.
1956 |
| Palmer
Station |
|
Perm. |
Gamage Point, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island |
64°46'
S,
64°03' W |
1968 |
| Pieter
J. Lenie Field Station |
Copacabana Field Camp |
Season |
Admiralty
Bay, King George Island, South
Shetlands |
62°10'
S,
58°28' W |
1991–92 |
| Shirreff
base |
Cape
Shirreff Field Station |
Season |
Joannes
Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetlands |
62°28'
S,
60°46' W |
1996 |
| Uruguay |
Artigas
Station |
General
José Artigas Station |
Perm. |
King
George Island, South Shetlands |
62°11' S,
58°54' W |
22
Dec. 1984 |
| Ruperto
Elichiribehety Station |
Teniente
Ruperto Elichiribehety Station |
Season |
Hut
Cove, Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula |
63°24'
S,
56°59' W |
12
Jan. 1998 |
|
1.
All claims are in abeyance due to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. |
Sources
1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, 2022.
2. W.A.P. Worldwide Antarctic Program, 2022. |
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