No one actually owns Antarctica. France would only own bases that it has on the continent. I suggest looking up the Antarctic Treaty, whihc features alot more information than what I can give you.
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∙ 10y agoNo country owns any territory on the Antarctic continent.
Many countries make claims of territory on Antarctica, some of which overlap. However, USA has not many any such claim.
Note that the Antarctic Treaty negates any existing territorial land claims and prohibits any additional claims.
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∙ 11y agoSeven states maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica. Chile's official claim limits are 53°W and 90°W since 1940.
They overlap with Brithish claims from 1908 (20°W and 80°W)
The Antarctic Treaty of 1961 states that contracting to the treaty:
What the treaty does affect are new claims:
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∙ 7y agoNone. By international treaty no country can claim land in Antarctica.
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Chile claims a slice of Antarctica, as do eleven other nation-states. Its claim spans 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S. Their claim overlaps claims by Argentina and by the United Kingdom. It's area totals 1,250,257 square km or 482.727 square miles.
As above, none of this land is 'owned' and its status as claimed is clouded by other claimants.
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∙ 9y agoNo country 'owns' any part of the Antarctic continent. Many countries have made claims on the continent, some of which overlap. All claims are negated by the Antarctic Treaty.
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∙ 12y agoNone. No country owns any of Antarctica. Many have claims, many of those overlap.
The Antarctic Treaty ignores land claims and forbids future land claims.
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∙ 11y agoNone. No country owns any part of Antarctica, although several countries lay claims to slices of the territory.
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∙ 10y agoNone. UK claims territory on Antarctica, but does not own it. The Antarctic Treaty invalidates all territorial claims.
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Australia does not own Antarctica: it is owned by no country.
No. Antarctica is a continent that is not owned by the United States. In fact, many countries (the USA among them) have sent explorers there or set up scientific bases in order to do research.
None. UK makes claims over parts of the Antarctic continent, but the claims are not valid according to the Antarctic Treaty.
Zero.
The percentage of Americans that have a dog is between 34-47 percent. This means that there are over 70 million dogs owned in the United States.
Approximately 75% of land in California is privately owned, with the remaining 25% consisting of public land owned by the state or federal government.
It has 12 countries working there, but I do not know it is "owned" by any of them.
Mawson is owned by Australia.
Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark located in the Arctic and is not part of any continent. It is the world's largest non-continental island.
None. Nation states claim territory in Antarctica, but the claims are invalid under the Antarctic Treaty.
it is the last land that isn't owned by man.
Japan makes no claim to any territory on the Antarctic continent. None of Antarctica is owned by any country. Many countries have claims, and no future claims can be made according to the Antarctic Treaty.