Antártica
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Antártica is a Chilean commune in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, which covers all the Chilean Antarctic Territory (the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile). It ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S, overlapping the Argentine and British Antarctic claims, and is the largest and least populated commune in Chile, being over 25 times the size of the next largest commune, Natales. It is administered by the Cabo de Hornos municipality in the South American mainland.
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- Instance of
- commune of Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Antártica Chilena Province
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Image
- Villa Las Estrellas. Vista nocturna.jpg
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- Antártica Chilena
- topic's main category
- Category:Chilean Antarctic Territory
- territory claimed by
- Chile
- coextensive with
- Chilean Antarctic Territory
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Antártica is a Chilean commune in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, which covers all the Chilean Antarctic Territory (the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile). It ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S, overlapping the Argentine and British Antarctic claims, and is the largest and least populated commune in Chile, being over 25 times the size of the next largest commune, Natales. It is administered by the Cabo de Hornos municipality in the South American mainland.
Antártica was created on 11 July 1961, and was dependent on the Magallanes Province until 1975, when the Antártica Chilena Province was created, making it dependent administratively on Puerto Williams, the province capital.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antártica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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