ANTARCTICA


Antarctica is a geographic entity, but not really a political entity, and it therefore has no capital. Multiple countries have claimed portions of Antarctica, to varying degrees of recognition, none of it incredibly wide, nor requiring enough governmental supervision or authority to require a “capital”.


Date
Country
Territory
1908
United Kingdom
British Antarctic Territory
1923
New Zealand
Ross Dependency
1924
France
Adélie Land
1929
Norway
Peter I Island
1933
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory
1939
Norway
Queen Maud Land
1940
Chile
Antártica
1943
Argentina
Argentine Antarctica
None
Unclaimed territory
(Marie Byrd Land)

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