Territorial Claims over Antarctica
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France maintains control over several small islands off the coasts of Africa and Australia, allowing it to assert territorial claims in the surrounding oceans and Antarctica. Seven countries have official claims over parts of Antarctica - Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, France, and Norway. These claims arise from the countries' historical colonial activities in nearby regions or their geographical proximity to Antarctica. However, Antarctica's status is governed by the Antarctic Treaty which reserves the continent for peaceful, scientific research and suspends territorial claims without prejudice.
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Territorial Claims over Antarctica
- 1. Territorial Claims over Antarctica Traditionally, the poor in raw materials countries of Southern Europe were turning to Africa for resources. France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, but also England and the Netherlands, had established colonies in Africa, in order to exploit their vast resources. Germany did not have the time to do the same, because it was created as a nation in 1871, and her tremendous rise made the English, the French and the Russians to leave their differences aside and destroy Germany in the First World War 1914-1917. Even today the countries of South Europe are getting their raw materials from Africa, and they are terrified to see China trying to replace them. Even though the Europeans do not have colonies any more, they have kept under their control some small islands, which will allow them to play a role in case oil and natural gas is discovered in the future. Madagascar was a French colony, and at the following map you can see some of the islands that France keeps under her control to this day. The volcanic islands of Kerguelen, located at Africa’s southeast, are almost equidistance from Africa, Australia and Antarctica, allowing French to have claims over the Indian and South Oceans, but also over Antarctica, which is the least explored piece of the earth. See map 1.
- 2. Picture 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:France_on_the_globe_(French_Southern_ and_Antarctic_Lands_special)_(Madagascar_centered).svg At the following map you can see the islands controlled by France over the globe. See map 2. Picture 2
- 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_territories_of_Fra nce#/media/File:Outre-mer_en.png At the following map you can see the islands controlled by England over the globe. See map 3. Picture 3
- 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Overseas.png There are 7 nations that have official claims over Antarctica i.e. Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, which are countries near Antarctica, and England, France and Norway. At the following map you can see each country’s claims, with Australia and Norway claiming the most (orange and green). See map 4. Picture 4
- 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctica_territorial_claims.png At the following wikipedia table you can see the 7 countries that have official claims over Antarctica. Picture 5