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Ads by Google      British Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory includes a wide range of landscapes, from the spectacular mountains and islands of the Antarctic Peninsula, to the smooth plains of the ice shelves and ice caps. British Antarctic Territory has a great wealth of marine life, including large breeding colonies of penguins and seals, which attracted the first sailors to the region in pursuit of fur and seal-oil. FCO Focus International - Britain and Antarctica (PDF document) http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/British_Antarctic_Territory      Eruption update: Island in British Overseas Territory is growing in size British Antarctic Survey is a world leader in research into global issues in an Antarctic context. Issued by the British Antarctic Survey Press Office. Dr Smellie's work is part of the British Antarctic Survey Core Programme, Global Science in the Antarctic Context (GSAC), 2005-2010. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/bas-eu112305.php   (809 words)      BBC News UK Cook's dozen - the 13 remaining colonies But now the population is about 70 scientists at the British Antarctic Survey Station, which was established in 1943. Although some will be unknown to most British people, some - such as the Falklands or Montserrat - have had their fair share of headlines. The British have said it will stand by Gibraltarians' right to defend who should rule them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_53000/53178.stm   (809 words)      Indian Ocean: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com Deepwater circulation is controlled primarily by inflows from the Atlantic Ocean, the Red Sea, and Antarctic currents. This allowed Indonesian peoples to cross the Indian Ocean to settle in Madagascar. But the small nation was unable to support such a vast project and they were replaced in the mid-1600s by other European powers. http://www.answers.com/topic/indian-ocean   (809 words)      British Antarctic Territory When the British Antarctic Territory was founded in 1962 the remaining parts of the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) reverted to the Falkland Islands. The flag of the commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory is a Union flag defaced with a white discwith a gold edge, covered by a laurel wreath, with the full achievemnet of arms in the centre. This was when the Falkland Islands Dependencies still included British Antartica and was a separate entity from the Falkland Islands proper. http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-bat.html   (826 words)      Antarctic Territory, British The islands are rugged and inhospitable, and the Antarctic Peninsula is mountainous, rising to 2,338 m/7,671 ft. The main continental masses are ice-capped, and the territory as a whole has a rigorous Antarctic climate. Until 1961 the area, much of which is also claimed by Chile and Argentina, was included in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Red stands for Bolivia's animals and the valour of the liberating army. http://www.uk.tiscali.com/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0018021.html   (826 words)      British Overseas Territories Act There are fourteen British overseas territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Subsection (3) defines which of the persons who become British citizens under subsection (1) are to be treated as "British citizens by descent" for the purposes of the 1981 Act. Subsection (2) provides that a person who becomes a British citizen under subsection (1) is a British citizen by descent for the purposes of the 1981 Act. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/en2002/2002en08.htm   (2687 words)      The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Dependent territories There are 13 British dependent territories, which are: British Indian Ocean Territory, Gibraltar, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory, St Helena and its dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, and the Pitcairn Group of Islands. In British dependencies, The Queen is represented by Governors, or in some cases by Commissioners, Administrators or Residents, who are responsible to the British Government for the government of the countries concerned. The United Kingdom is responsible for the security of the dependent territories and for their foreign affairs and defence-related matters. http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page349.asp   (2687 words)      The World Travel Guide Online - British Dependent Territories Dependencies of the Falkland Islands up until 1985, the islands are now a distinct British Overseas Territory governed by the Commissioner, who is also the Governor of the Falkland Islands. The British Antarctic Survey carries out scientific research on the islands; the small British garrison, stationed there following a brief Argentine occupation in 1982, is scheduled to leave in the near future. In 1993, the British government announced an extension of its territorial jurisdiction of the waters surrounding the islands from 12 to 200 nautical miles, in response to the Argentine government's decision to sell fishing licences for the region's waters. http://www.contact-bti.com/wtravelguide/data/bdt/bdt.htm   (2687 words)      British Empire This history of occupancy forms a key element of the Argentinean claim to the Peninsula, but the first formal claim over Antarctic territory was made by Britain in 1908 to a large part of the continent south of the Falkland Islands. Conflict between the British government, which claimed sovereignty over those areas (since the settlers were legally British subjects), and the Boers culminated, after the discovery of gold in the Boer territories, in the South African War of 1899-1902, which brought Transvaal and Orange Free State definitely under British sovereignty. The German territory of New Guinea was mandated by the League of Nations to Australia in 1919, while the island of Nauru was mandated jointly to Britain, Australia and New Zealand, also in 1919. http://www.fcscanada.com/commhist.html   (2687 words)      British Overseas Territories Bill - 2001 There are fourteen British overseas territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. British citizenship will mean that British Dependent Territories citizens will have the right of abode in the United Kingdom and the right of free movement and residence, and with it the opportunity to work in European Union member states. In fact, the rest of the 150,000 souls in British Overseas territories have Montserrat to thank for whatever benefits the new status brings; for it was our crisis and plight that dramatized the disadvantageous situation under which supposed British subjects lived in these colonial outposts, and led in part to the new development. http://www.montserratreporter.org/botbill   (2687 words)      British Overseas Territories Act There are fourteen British overseas territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Paragraph 1(2) has the effect that a person born on or after the appointed day in a qualifying territory will become a British citizen if at the time of the birth his or her father or mother is either a British citizen or settled in that territory. The term "overseas territories" is now in common use both within the territories and as between their governments and the British Government. http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/en2002/2002en08.htm   (2687 words)      Encyclopedia: British Virgin Islands Flag of the British Antarctic Territory The British Antarctic Territory is the British claim to land and islands in Antarctica, and is the oldest territorial claim on the continent. The British Virgin Islands (or BVI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Crown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-Virgin-Islands   (2492 words)      BBC - h2g2 - British Overseas Territories It also includes the following: the British Antarctic Territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus. These countries have a special relationship with the United Kingdom in that, even though most of these territories have their own governments, the British Government is responsible for defense and external affairs. The British Overseas Territories are the remnants of the British Empire. http://tickers.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2336861   (2492 words)      Britain's Overseas Territories and the Commonwealth The territories are: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands (Ducie, Henderson and Oeno); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; St Helena; St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha); and the Turks and Caicos Islands. British policy is to give independence to those overseas territories that want it, and not to force it on those which do not. There are 14 British overseas territories, mostly with considerable self-government, with a legislature and a civil service. http://www.anglaisfacile.com/free/civi/Britain%D5s%20Overseas%20Territories%20and%20the%20Commonwealth.htm   (2492 words)      Travel United Kingdom, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory Channel Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Isle Of Man, Saint Helena, South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands: British Pound Sterling Citizens of Crown Commonwealth countries who require visas to enter Australia and Dependencies: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, United Kingdom and British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom Nationals from other countries including, Canada do not require Visitor's Visas, but are entitled to a maximum stay of only three months. http://www.fcscanada.com/travel.html   (2492 words)      UK National Audit Office press notice - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contingent Liabilities in the Dependent Territories (30 May 1997) **There are 14 UK Dependent Territories: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Hong Kong, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, St Helena and dependencies, Pitcairn Islands and South Georgia. Over the last six years £153 million has been provided in aid to the less prosperous Dependent Territories ranging from £39 a head of population a year in the British Virgin Islands to nearly £3,700 a head for the Pitcairn Islands with its resident population of only 55. The National Audit Office examination was undertaken against a background of the earlier support to the Gibraltar Pension fund (NAO report HC 227 of 1989-90), an internal review by the Foreign Office of the management of the Caribbean Dependent Territories in 1991 and the setting up of a Ministerial group in 1992. http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/979813.htm   (2492 words)      BIGpedia - Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online Peter Kemp, a British sealer (seal hunter), was the first person thought to have seen the island on November 27, 1833 from the brig Magnet during a voyage from Kerguelen to the Antarctic, and was believed to have entered the island in his 1833 chart. The islands are a territory of Australia administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage. Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Hm   (419 words)      Flag History - The Australian Flag - Flag Designers - Ivor William Evans In 1908 a seventh point was added to represent all the Federal Territories which, today, include the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, The Cocos Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory. Ivor believed that the flag of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, had a place on Australia's flag because of the historical links between our island continent and the British isles. The Commonwealth of Australia officially flew the flag of the British Empire as well as the popular but unofficial Australian Federation Flag until a nationwide competition to design a new flag was held. http://www.australianflag.org.au/ivorevans.php   (429 words)      Antarctic Philately: The peri-Antarctic Islands Another disputed island group, the South Orkneys are claimed by the British as part of the British Antarctic Territory while Argentina claims them as part of Antártida Argentina. The island is uninhabited with no wintering population, and is a dependency of Norway (claimed in 1927). Sovereignty over some of these islands is still disputed. http://www.south-pole.com/peri.htm   (429 words)      66 Degrees South - History 1928 - 1930 United States Antarctic Expedition: R.E. Byrd 1934 - 1937 British Graham Land Expedition 1910 - 1913 British National Antarctic Expedition: R.F. Scott and Terra Nova (ship) party. 1899 British Antarctic Expedition: C.E. Borchgrevink - first expedition to winter on the continent http://freespace.virgin.net/p.hazlett/66deg/history.html   (429 words)      Enjoy polar philately on a cold winter's evening The stamps were used within Graham Land and on the South Shetland Islands and the South Orkneys, which together form the British Antarctic Territory. The Australian Antarctic Territory issued its first stamp in 1957, a 2/- ultramarine Australian Explorers and Map of Antarctica stamp, Australian Antarctic Territory Scott L4, shown in Figure 5. Many nations have made claims to parts of Antarctica. http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/polar_20031215/refreshercourse.asp   (1488 words)      Territories, Colonies, and Dependencies Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom - Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Channel... Economic and political prospects for the British Atlantic Dependent Territories. territory - territory, in U.S. history, a portion of the national domain that is given limited self-government,... http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762461.html   (1488 words)      United Kingdom Overseas Territories Conservation Forum Our keywords are: conservation, ecology, threatened species, overseas territories, non-governmental organisation, NGO, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, Gibraltar, Pitcain, British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia, British Antarctic Territory UKOTCF promotes conservation of plant and animal species and natural habitats of UK Overseas Territories - through expertise, information and liaison between non-governmental organisations and governments, both in the UK and in the Territories themselves. http://www.ukotcf.org   (1488 words)      Antarctic Philately: The peri-Antarctic Islands Another disputed island group, the South Orkneys are claimed by the British as part of the British Antarctic Territory while Argentina claims them as part of Antártida Argentina. The island is uninhabited with no wintering population, and is a dependency of Norway (claimed in 1927). Sovereignty over some of these islands is still disputed. http://www.south-pole.com/peri.htm   (1847 words)      BUBL LINK: Antarctic BAS also discharges the UK's responsibilities for complying with the Antarctic Treaty and administers the British Antarctic Territory. The ozone hole was discovered by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey in 1985, and demonstrated that understanding of the atmosphere is far from complete. Documents Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 voyage to the Antarctic aboard The Endurance, which collapsed when the vessel became trapped in ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship. http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/antarctic.htm   (1847 words)      British Overseas Territories Country Guide - Resorts & Excursions - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing The British Antarctic Survey carries out scientific research on behalf of the Government of the Territory; the small British garrison, stationed there following a brief Argentine occupation in 1982, has now departed. Dependencies of the Falkland Islands up until 1985, the islands are now a distinct British Overseas Territory governed by the Commissioner, who is also the Governor of the Falkland Islands. In 1993, the British government announced an extension of its territorial jurisdiction of the waters surrounding the islands from 12 to 200 nautical miles, in response to the Argentine government’s decision to sell fishing licences for the region’s waters. http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/bdt/bdt170.asp?TravelMenu=Down   (612 words)      Antarctic Peninsula - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Antarctic Peninsula The peninsula lies south of Cape Horn within the British Antarctic Territory. Before 1964 the British called the entire peninsula Graham Land and the Americans called it Palmer Land, after a US navigator, Captain Nathaniel Palmer (1799–1877), who was the first to explore the region in 1820. From 1964 the northern area was universally known as Graham Land, the southern area as Palmer Land, and the peninsula as a whole as the Antarctic Peninsula. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Antarctic+Peninsula   (183 words)      About Us -Britain's Overseas Territories Scientists from other Antarctic Treaty Nations have bases within the territory. There are two permanent British Antarctic Survey stations staffed by 40 people in winter and 150 in summer. Economy: Territory used for defence purposes by the UK and the United States; 1,500 military personnel and 1,500 civilians. http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/aboutus/bot.htm   (183 words)      CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. In order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in 1959, it entered into force in 1961. The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. http://www.phatnav.com/factbook/fields/2028.html   (183 words)

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