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Countries with Territorial Claims in Antarctica

Seven countries claim a piece of Antarctica. How many can you name?
Note: None of these claims are recognized by the international community
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First submittedOctober 19, 2012
Times taken86,033
Average score85.7%
Rating4.93
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Countries
Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom
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85 Comments
raphus
+76
Level 65
Jul 28, 2016
Bit of a stretch for Norway.
sillie
+32
Level 76
Jul 29, 2016
Amundsen.
Lilylee
+48
Level 76
Sep 30, 2016
I don't think its' about Amundsen. Norwegian Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was the first one to step on that part of the continent, called Queen Maud Land nowadays. Norway also has Bouvet Island close to the coast of Queen Maud Land, which is already fully recognzied as their territory.
mrcheesymustard
+2
Level 49
Sep 30, 2016
wtf norway wtf
Geographystar
+1
Level 67
Aug 5, 2019
I think what Lilylee meant was that Bouvet Island was their territory and Queen Maud Land was disputed
moret29
+1
Level 44
Aug 30, 2023
Peter I island too
Hollywood
+3
Level 61
Aug 29, 2019
Antarctica will be the last country to declare independence
SHANGALANG
+1
Level 48
Mar 15, 2025
can't wait for Antartican revolution
Alv14
+1
Level 47
Jul 21, 2021
Nah, Antarctica is a continent and there are probably a few more territory will independent as well, so we don't know.
QuizApe
+3
Level 69
Aug 13, 2021
I got it because I have seen The Thing.
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Nov 24, 2021
Is it to do with them wanting to do their whaling around there...?
Snobbroy
+1
Level 66
Nov 24, 2021
We don't whale down there any more. Something about aliens or something.
ZedeFire
+1
Level 40
Aug 1, 2022
I agree with you, sillie.
Ferretgod
+5
Level 81
Sep 29, 2016
havent you watched the movie "the thing"? there's norwegians all over the place there
MyMindWentBlank
+9
Level 61
Oct 2, 2016
Norway possesses an overseas island territory near Antarctica, and they claim they should own the longitudes of Antarctica that correspond to that island territory.
comjag
+3
Level 89
Oct 2, 2016
Norway should probably cede the claimed territory to South Africa.
Possums
+63
Level 30
Oct 3, 2016
Why? Why not the UK and France then? What have you got against Norway, who have a greater claim to it then pretty much anyone else.
MelonMan
+1
Level 28
Jun 11, 2018
But no NEW territorial claims on Antarctica count!
roleybob
+16
Level 74
Sep 5, 2019
^ All claims were new claims at one point
MiniHunter
+3
Level 27
Feb 10, 2020
Norway shouldn't really cede territory to anyone, and if they wanted to do so, it would be more fitting to cede it to either the US or Russia, who bouth have reserved the right to claim Antartic territory, not that it really matters as it isn't territory in its full meaning if you know what I mean.
BotswanaEmperor
+6
Level 69
Apr 1, 2020
Norway already owns Svaldbard
moret29
+1
Level 44
Aug 30, 2023
Svalbard*
JamesVI
+2
Level 65
Sep 27, 2020
Nei! Nei! Nei! Ikke norge, ikke storbrittania.

Nei, jeg er ikke norsk.

SHB2000
+1
Level 46
Aug 8, 2023
What benefit does this have for Norway, though?
DanielJS
+3
Level 55
Jul 11, 2020
Norway also has Peter I Island.
vesleleif
+1
Level 43
Apr 22, 2022
queen mauds land was claimed in 1939
comjag
+21
Level 89
Aug 1, 2016
I'd like a map added to this quiz please.
Carry
+2
Level 63
Sep 28, 2016
A map of what?
hellodrew
+77
Level 66
Sep 29, 2016
A map of Never-Never Land what do you think he's on about, Antarctica!
djeedubbeljoe
+3
Level 67
Sep 29, 2016
The claims mostly overlap, so it will be hard to fill it in accurately.
ForgottenOne
+10
Level 50
Sep 29, 2016
Here is a link to the best map of the territorial claims that I have found. The Argentina, Chile, and united Kingdom Claims overlap, but you can work around that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System#/media/File:Antarctica.CIA.svg

Pinoccio
+7
Level 28
Dec 9, 2017
Here is a quiz for you
Kwasi
+5
Level 27
Dec 13, 2019
I saw your comment (probably too late) and you gave me an idea, here it is : https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1262636/countries-which-claim-antarcticas-land , enjoy it!
DaffyDucktheWizard
+1
Level 63
Aug 1, 2016
There's an unclaimed portion of Antarctica...I wonder who will claim it.
Findlay
+10
Level 81
Aug 3, 2016
"The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force." - Article 4 of the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. For the purposes of the Treaty all land south of the 60th parallel is considered Antarctica.
stusum
+1
Level 64
Aug 8, 2023
Doesn't the treaty expire soon?
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 70
Jan 3, 2025
Not for a while, but it can be renewed
Treehouse225
+1
Level 25
Sep 29, 2016
Cant believe I forgot New Zealand. AHHHH!
dasubergeek
+7
Level 74
Sep 29, 2016
Yet the U.S. has not one but two bases there. Merica!
GeneralZ
+8
Level 41
Nov 25, 2021
You can have facilities operating there without claiming the areas as your own tho, since they are mostly there for scientific purposes.
Elan
+2
Level 65
Sep 29, 2016
I'm a bit salty, as I made this IDENTICAL quiz three months before this was made, yet this quiz is featured and mine wasn't. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/125460/territorial-claims-in-antarctica
Phrath
+31
Level 39
Sep 5, 2019
Are you crazy? This quiz was published in 2012

Yours was published in 2016.

Even if you talk about the last update of this quiz and the publishing of your quiz

STILL the last update of this quiz was made 6 months before publishing of your quiz

THINK BEFORE YOU ACT

Gertie0031
+1
Level 52
Feb 21, 2024
rip
luxint
+3
Level 66
Sep 30, 2016
still laugh, as a Brit, why on earth the uk thinks it has a claim but hey such arguments are not for this site....
JackintheBox
+16
Level 81
Sep 5, 2019
Because they have a claim, that's why. It's called the British Antarctic Territory, and is inhabited by the staff of research and support stations operated and maintained by the British Antarctic Survey.
WelshWizard
+3
Level 86
Sep 5, 2019
It's partly a historical claim, and partly one based on the fact that they possess multiple territories in the South Atlantic (e.g. The Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands).
RedLightning
+2
Level 47
Jun 8, 2019
Surprised Russia, Brazil, and America haven't made claims on Marie Byrd Land yet.
19521chaos
+1
Level 33
Jan 3, 2025
antarctic treaty
lazydaisee
+2
Level 44
Sep 5, 2019
Once you add in the underwater continent of Zealandia and Antarctica, New Zealand is quite a huge country.
WelshWizard
+2
Level 86
Sep 5, 2019
I love that, despite this, and the fact that multiple claims overlap, there's still a giant unclaimed piece of territory.
kalbahamut
+9
Level 81
Sep 5, 2019
Nobody wants to deal with the inevitable penguin insurgency.
tuzdayschild
+5
Level 55
Sep 5, 2019
How did my greedy country miss out on that? (USA)
Thisisreal
+3
Level 90
Jul 18, 2024
US had plans to make a claim for that land but the Antarctic treaty was signed before they put a claim. It’s said that they didn’t do it because it would have made the Russian file a claim as well.
kiwiquizzer
+4
Level 68
Sep 5, 2019
Well, that was the shortest quiz ever, just a few seconds.
bananacake
+2
Level 41
Sep 6, 2019
Proud my country having the biggest claim! (Australia)

Although France's claim kinda cuts it in 2.

Papafrost
+5
Level 66
Sep 30, 2021
Why proud?
stusum
+2
Level 64
Aug 8, 2023
Only because they inherited the UK's claim once they gained independence.
eSwatini
+1
Level 60
Dec 29, 2019
7 seconds, maybe 90 is a bit much
Rhysjones12
+1
Level 19
Jul 2, 2020
The easiest quiz i ever done
NxtLvlJetPnk
+1
Level 44
Nov 4, 2020
done in 17 seconds. Im not a fast typer so this is good.
Zhisque
+2
Level 69
Apr 6, 2021
Did you know you could draw a straight line from Norway to Antarctica ?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
May 2, 2021
They may not be recognised by the wider international community, but the territorial claims of the UK, France, Norway, Australia and New Zealand on Antarctica are mutually recognised by the five countries.
Findlay
+2
Level 81
Aug 15, 2021
Though all are parties to the Antarctic Treaty System, rendering such claims effectively meaningless.
Hamish7
+2
Level 44
Nov 24, 2021
Hey mate. I think you copied my quiz
AlexThirkell
+10
Level 75
Nov 24, 2021
This quiz is from 2012, 8 years before you joined Jetpunk...
yeeterboi69
+1
Level 44
Nov 24, 2021
Norway is the only one I missed
QuizApe
+1
Level 69
Nov 24, 2021
I only got it because of the film ‘The Thing’
lilpick
+1
Level 62
Nov 24, 2021
0:08 first try. Pretty proud of myself!
DanCanDoIt1217
+1
Level 36
Jan 28, 2022
1.18 remaining, lets goooo
juxtaposition
+1
Level 51
Feb 10, 2022
hey norway way to go north and south they should get a prize
DragoniteMapping
+1
Level 22
Aug 8, 2023
0:15 too ez definetly did not take 2 times
Polandball6
+1
Level 47
Aug 12, 2023
How did 64% get Norway
Albrik
+2
Level 57
Jan 3, 2025
I thought it would be one of the most guessed, Norway is famous for the expeditions in Antartica and they also have Bouvet Island
ThEliGoogle
+1
Level 54
Jan 5, 2025
I just realised most people don't know anything about Antarctica; even we in Australia are only very briefly taught about Antarctic history for a couple of lessons in primary school (elementary)...

All i remember from school was Ernest Shackleton, people eating sled dogs to survive the trip to the south pole, and Norway being first to reach it.

FirstPrism
+1
Level 47
Aug 16, 2023
I tried Australia but typed it wrong :(
HubertThePhoenix
+1
Level 50
Jan 3, 2025
Got it all in 10 seconds!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 72
Jan 3, 2025
Norway is an interesting one
Albrik
+2
Level 57
Jan 3, 2025
I thought Norway's territorial claim didn't reach the south pole, I thought it stoped some kilometres before

Maybe I'm thinking at something else

HubertThePhoenix
+1
Level 50
Jan 3, 2025
Norway was the first country to reach the south pole.
IvoRobotnik
+1
Level 50
Jan 3, 2025
the claim was extended to the pole somewhat recently, I think
ThEliGoogle
+1
Level 54
Jan 5, 2025
Yeah, it was extended in 2015; prior to that Norway's claim did not specify a southernmost point, but rather just the eastern and western borders of its Antarctic claim. That's why it stopped early before reaching the south pole, unlike all other countries.
MalyJacus
+1
Level 58
Jan 3, 2025
I hereby claim Queen Maud Land for the Republic of Molossia!!!!
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 70
Jan 4, 2025
Its already been claimed by another micronation, Westarctica.
Arcturus742
+2
Level 46
Jan 4, 2025
Does Iran's claim count? They didn't specify territorial boundaries but claimed they had "property rights" in the region and planned to "carry out military and scientific work".

Unlikely to happen, but it is a claim nonetheless.

shrekcena
+1
Level 57
Jan 7, 2025
No oil, therefore no US claim
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