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Adélie Land

Also known as Terre Adélie, Terre Adelie, Adelie Land

territory in Antarctica claimed by France

AI overview

Adélie Land is a region of Antarctica that France claims as its territory, located on the Antarctic continent. It matters because territorial claims in Antarctica reflect nations' historical exploration and potential interests in the region, though international agreements limit how these claims can be exercised.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,062 inbound references to Adélie Land, and connects out to Antarctica, French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Overseas France.

The entry is geolocated on the map in AQ, across 6 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Adélie Land, France and the Antarctic and French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Vinony links it to 67 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Continent: Antarctica
Population: 33
Area: 432000
Shares border with: George V Coast
Image: Atlas pittoresque pl 168.jpg

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maritime identification digits: 501
Commons category: Adélie Land
topic's main category: Category:Adélie Land
territory claimed by: France
discoverer or inventor: Jules Dumont d'Urville

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Encyclopedic overview

Adélie Land (French: Terre Adélie [tɛʁ adeli]) or Adélie Coast is a claimed territory of France located on the continent of Antarctica, making France one out of seven sovereign states making territorial claims in Antarctica. It stretches from a portion of the Southern Ocean coastline all the way inland to the South Pole. France has administered it as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands since 1955 and applied the Antarctic Treaty System rules since 1961. Article 4 of the Antarctic Treaty deals with territorial claims, and although it does not renounce or diminish any preexisting claims to sovereignty, it also does not prejudice the position of contracting parties in their recognition or non-recognition of territorial sovereignty. France has had a permanent station in Adélie Land since 9 April 1950.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adélie Land” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.