I learn that there is a flag representing Antartica. Is Antartica a country?

Question

I learn that there is a flag representing Antartica. Is Antartica a country? If so who rules it? What is its population? What language is spoken there?

Answer 1

Antarctica is a continent not a country. I did a term paper for environmental biology on Antartica because I thought it would be a challenge and it is a unique biosphere. When people "discovered" it in the 17th century, many countries tried to "claim" it. According to one website - politically - "Despite the fact that seven countries have staked territorial claims, no national government has internationally-recognised jurisdiction over any part of Antarctica"

Answer 2

As the only uninhabited continent, Antarctica has no government and belongs to no country. Various countries claim areas of it, although as a rule, no other countries recognize such claims. The area between 90°W and 150°W is the only part of Antarctica, indeed the only solid land on Earth, not claimed by any country.[3]

Since 1959, claims on Antarctica have been suspended and the continent is considered politically neutral. Its status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and other related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System. For the purposes of the Treaty System, Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60°S. The treaty was signed by twelve countries, including the Soviet Union (and later Russia), the United Kingdom and the United States. It set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation, environmental protection, and banned military activity on that continent. This was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War.

Answer 3

There is no official flag of Antarctica as it is not a nation and not ruled by a single government or party. Currently, it uses the proposed design of Graham Bartram as its flag. Graham has used the flag of the United Nations as his model. The design is that of a plain white map of the continent on a blue background which symbolizes neutrality.

Antarctica is a continent, not a nation, has no citizens, no resident population or official language. It is ruled and it's governed by treaty conventions between nations who explore the continent.

Answer 4

antartica isn't a country. nobody rules it. population is 0 and there is no national language spoken in antartica.

nobody really lives in antartica except animals and researchers who stay there for studies but antartica has no "citizens" or anything. we should go colonize it!

Answer 5

Hi. No, it is a continent. "The 1930s were a period of international rivalry in Antarctica, and the map was cut into wedgelike territorial claims that in some places overlapped. Although the U.S. government did not make a claim or recognize those of other nations, it supported antarctic exploration." http://www.answers.com/Antartica?cat=travel&gwp=13

Answer 6

Antartica is a continent.

Answer 7

Antarctica is not a country. It is a continent that is jointly administered by the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which recognizes no territorial claims. There is no flag.

Answer 8

Antartica is no a country!!!

Answer 9

There may be a flag, but it may have states, because some sections are under foreign rule.

Answer 10

Antarctica is a continent