Argentine Antarctica

The Argentine Antarctic Territory (Spanish: Antártida Argentina, Argentártida ) is a since February 8, 1942 claimed by the Argentine state area of Antarctica, which was taken at November 8, 1942 formally in possession. Argentina submitted on September 2, 1946 the boundaries of 25 degrees west longitude to 74 degrees west longitude.

Policy

When Argentina was invited in 1927 by the British government to pay license fees for the operation of radio equipment on the South Orkney Islands, the Argentine Government replied that this territory was under their sovereignty and rejected the claims. However, a formal territorial claim was not commenced until 1946. The claimed by Argentina part of Antarctica is overlaid by Chilean and British claims.

Argentina considers the Antarctic territory as one of the four departamento the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur ( Tierra del Fuego, Argentine Antarctica and Islands of the South Atlantic ).

The Argentine claim, as the claims of this and other states also not recognized by the international community. Potential conflicts over territorial claims in Antarctica have been prevented by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961, which grants all interested nations free access for research purposes, a commercial use by mining excludes the completed in the following time protocols.

Argentina currently operates six continuously staffed stations in Antarctica. The Marambio station was declared in August 1973 for a month to the Argentine seat of the government, to substantiate the claim to the territory.

Population

According to the last census of October 2010 ( winter), the territory had 230 residents in six permanent stations, including nine families and 16 children:

  • Marambio Station 75
  • Esperanza Station 66
  • Jubany Station 33
  • San Martín Station 20
  • Belgrano II 19
  • Orcadas Station 17
Marambio Base Esperanza Base Carlini Base Orcadas Base Research stations in Antarctica
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