Adélie Land
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Adélie Land 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 stretch
Discovery by Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1840
Rocks brought back by the expedition in January 1840
Colony of Adélie penguins near the Dumont d'Urville Station
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their
Adélie Land
…Adélie ) 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…
Norwegian expedition landing on Peter I Island in 1929
Gobernador Bories, a Chilean factory ship, anchored in Balleneros Cove, Deception Island in 1908.
Omond House was built in 1904 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition as the first permanent base in Antarctica. It was later sold to Argentina.