Chilean Antarctic Territory

Chilean Antarctic Territory
Territorio Chileno Antártico

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Country

Chile

Region

Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

Claimed

November 6, 1940

Government

• Intendant

Jorge Flies Añón

• Governor

Patricio Oyarzo Gáez

• Mayor

Patricio Fernández

• INACH Director

José Retamales Espinoza

Area

• Total

1,250,257.6 km² (482,727.2 sq mi)

Population (2012 Census)

• Total

115

• Density

9.2×10⁻⁵/km² (0.00024/sq mi)

• Urban

• Rural

115

Sex

• Men

100

• Women

56 + 61

Currency

Website

http://www.inach.cl/ (Spanish)

The Chilean Antarctic Territory or Chilean Antarctica (Spanish: Territorio Chileno Antártico, Antártica Chilena) is the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile. The Chilean Antarctic Territory ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S, partially overlapping the Argentine and British Antarctic claims. It is administered by the Cabo de Hornos municipality in the South American mainland.

The territory claimed by Chile covers the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, called "O'Higgins Land" ("Tierra de O'Higgins" in Spanish) in Chile, and adjacent islands, the Alexander Island, Charcot Island, and part of the Ellsworth Land, among others. It has an area of 1,250,257.6 km². Its boundaries are defined by Decree 1747, issued on November 6, 1940, and published on June 21, 1955, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established:

The Chilean Antarctica or Chilean Antarctic Territory is: all lands, islands, islets, reefs, glaciers (pack-ice), and others, known and unknown, and respective territorial waters, existing within the limits of the cap constituted by the meridians 53° longitude west of Greenwich and 90° longitude west of Greenwich.

Within Chilean territorial organization Antártica is the name of the commune that administers the territory. The commune of Antártica is managed by the municipality of Cabo de Hornos with seat in Puerto Williams and belongs to Antártica Chilena Province, which is part of Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. The commune of Antártica was created on July 11, 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.

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