Day 7: Antarctica

[Tetro Kornbluth]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica


Flag of the Antarctic  Treaty - Antarctica has no official flag

Yes, I know this isn't a country per se, but I wanted to bring it up anyway as it is a) interesting and b) a pretty large part of the globe (about 4 million square miles larger than Canada). Discuss Antarctica here. Below is a map of the competing Antarctic claims



A large part - Marie Byrd Land - remains unclaimed (and further claims are limited by the stipulations of the Antarctic Treaty)

[Simfan34]

Doesn't the US have some kind of semi-unofficial claim to Marie Byrd Land?

I wonder how that French slice came to be.

[Cranberry]

I wonder how that French slice came to be.

Just guessing, but probably some obscure oversea territory that's just north of that stripe of land?

[Sol]

I wonder how that French slice came to be.

Just guessing, but probably some obscure oversea territory that's just north of that stripe of land?

Kerguelen iirc.

[Hash]

Kerguelen isn't located directly north of the Terre-Adélie, though.

[Јas]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_Land#History