What countries are in Antarctica?

Answer 1

there aren't any, but several different countries have scientific research stations there.

Answer 2

's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Situated in the southern hemisphere and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.4 million square kilometers (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America; in turn, Europe and Australia are smaller. Some 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mi) in thickness.

On average, Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.[1] Since there is little precipitation, except at the coasts, the interior of the continent is technically the largest desert in the world. There are no permanent human residents and there is no evidence of any existing or pre-historic indigenous population. Only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichen, and many types of algae.

The name Antarctica comes from the Greek antarktikos (ανταρκτικός), meaning "opposite to the Arctic."[2] Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis ("Southern Land") date back to antiquity, the first confirmed sighting of the continent is commonly accepted to have occurred in 1820 by the Russian expedition of Mikhail Lazarev and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. However, the continent remained largely neglected for the rest of the 19th century because of its hostile environment, lack of resources, and isolation.

The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by twelve countries; to date, forty-five countries have signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone. Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists of many nationalities and with different research interest

Answer 3

no country are in antartica.
antartica is 1 / 5 continant in earth.
no people lives there and no country can be found there.
because antarctica is freedom.
then, scientist from others country who wants to studies about antartica come here for their research.
during summer (Dec - Feb) population antarctica less than 1000 in average.

Answer 4

There are no countries in Antarctica, many countries however have a "territorial claim" over sections of the Antarctic continent.

Answer 5

Areas there are named Queen Maud Land, Wilkes Land, Victoria Land, Marie Byrd Land and Graham land.

They're not countries though. Antarctica has no indigenous population. At minus 37 degrees celsius it's not surprising.

Answer 6

Just a huge piece of ice called Antarctica and the South Pole.

Answer 7

there is no countries in Antarctica. Many areas of the land are owned by certain countries, but they are classifed are "territories"
Hope this helps.

Answer 8

None. Of course, there r plenty of countries that have claims to them, i.e. Chile, Argentina, Norway, France, New Zealand, etc., but these claims r not recognised. Antarctica has no permanent residents & is kinda like a gigantic ecological lab.

Answer 9

the land of antartica has been devided over many countries under a treaty by the united nations. The US also got a large portion, but as the US claims that antartica cant be owned by any country, the us part of antartica lies unclaimed.

heres a picture of the deivision.
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/ant.cia.gif

in total there are 7 nations claiming varous parts of antartica.
norway, france, australia, brittain, chili, argentine, and newzealand.

Answer 10

antarctica is not fit for inhabition. it is only a continent and not divided into countries. however, some countries like india, us, uk, australia have established research bases there.

Answer 11

other than a hand-ful of different countries' research facilities, the only inhabitants to antarctica are animals... there are no countries there.