New Zealand claims part of the Antarctic territory, but does not 'run' any of it. The Antarctic Treaty preserves the continent for the study of science. Claims are unacknowledged.
New Zealand looks after the slice of Antarctica called the Ross Dependency.
The country code and area code of Antarctica, New Zealand is 64, (0)2.
New Zealand would roughly fit into Antarctica about 21 times New Zealand would fit into Antarctica about 51 times. Itsarea is approximately 270,500 square miles, which is less than 1/50th of the area of Antarctica.
The Ross Dependency.
Scott Base
The Ross Dependency.
No. Antarctica is considerably larger than New Zealand.
Every continent on earth is north of Antarctica, and New Zealand is one of those land masses.
New Zealand is smaller than Antarctica by about 40,000 sq. Miles
The New Zealand base in Antarctica is called Scott Base. It is located about three kilometers from the US base, McMurdo Station.
The continent south of New Zealand is Antarctica
The total distance from Chile to Antarctica is 4,152 miles, or 6,682 kilometres. The total distance from New Zealand to Antarctica is 3,394 miles, or 5,461 kilometres. Therefore, New Zealand is closer to Antarctica than Chile is.