Australian Antarctic Territory

The flag of Australia doubles as the flag of the Australian Antarctic Territory

The Australian Antarctic Territory ( English Australian Antarctic Territory ) is an area from 45 ° E to 136 ° E and 142 ° E to 160 ° E in the Antarctic , on which the state of Australia since June 13, 1933 under the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933 makes a claim.

The narrow piece between 136 ° E and 142 ° E is claimed as Adélieland by France and divides the territory. With the entry into force of the Antarctic Treaty on June 23, 1961, the internationally never recognized claims were postponed for the time being.

It was not until February 13, 1954 that Australia was permanently represented in the Antarctic with the Mawson station , since then the area has been administered by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).

The territory has the postcode 7151, and postage stamps have been issued at irregular intervals since 1957 , which are also valid on mainland Australia.

Districts

Geographical location of the Australian Antarctic Territory

The territory is divided into nine districts, from west to east these are:

No.	District / District engl. Name / German spelling	Area in km²	western border	eastern border
1	Enderby Land / Enderbyland		044 ° 38 ′ E	056 ° 25 ′ E
2	Kemp Land / Kempland		056 ° 25 ′ E	059 ° 34 ′ E
3	Mac. Robertson Land / Mac Robertson Land		059 ° 34 ′ E	072 ° 35 ′ E
4th	Princess Elizabeth Land / Princess Elisabeth Land		072 ° 35 ′ E	087 ° 43 ′ E
5	Kaiser Wilhelm II Land / Kaiser-Wilhelm-II.-Land		087 ° 43 ′ E	091 ° 54 ′ E
6th	Queen Mary Land / Queen Marie Land		091 ° 54 ′ E	100 ° 30 ′ E
7th	Wilkes Land / Wilkesland	2,600,000	100 ° 30 ′ E	136 ° 11 ′ E
8th	George V Land / König-Georg-V-Land		142 ° 02 ′ E	153 ° 45 ′ E
9	Oates Land / Oatesland		153 ° 45 ′ E	160 ° 00 ′ E

Stations

Unofficial flag proposal for the Australian Antarctic Territory

In the territory there are / were the following stations from west to east:

station	Latitude	Longitude	District
Soviet Union Molodjoschnaja-Station (1970–1984, seasonal since 2006)	67 ° 40 ′ S	045 ° 51 ′ E	Enderbyland
Australia Mawson Station (1954-)	67 ° 36'9 "S	062 ° 52'26 "E	Mac Robertson Land
Soviet Union Soyuz Station (1982–1989, closed)	70 ° 35 ′ S	068 ° 47 ′ E	Mac Robertson Land
Soviet Union Druznaya Station (1975–1986, closed)	69 ° 44 ′ S	072 ° 42 ′ E	Princess Elisabeth Land
China People's Republic Zhongshan Station (1989-)	69 ° 22 ′ S	076 ° 22 ′ E	Princess Elisabeth Land
Romania Law Racoviță Station (2006–)	69 ° 23'18.6 "S	076 ° 22'46.2 "E	Princess Elisabeth Land
Russia Progress station (1989–2000, 2003–)	69 ° 22′30 ″ S	076 ° 23'30 "E	Princess Elisabeth Land
Australia Davis Station (1957–1964, 1969–)	68 ° 34'35.8 "S.	077 ° 58'02.6 "E	Princess Elisabeth Land
Soviet Union Sovetskaya Station (February 16, 1958 - January 3, 1959)	77 ° 58 ′ S	089 ° 16 ′ E	Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
Russia Mirny Station (1956–)	66 ° 33 ′ S	093 ° 1 ′ E	Queen Marie Land
Soviet Union Komsomolskaya Station (closed)	74 ° 05 ′ S	097 ° 29 ′ E	Queen Marie Land
Russia Vostok Station (1957–)	78 ° 28 ′ S	106 ° 48 ′ E	Wilkesland
Australia Wilkes Station (1957-1969, closed)	66 ° 15'25.6 "S.	110 ° 31'32.2 "E.	Wilkesland
Australia Casey Station (1959–)	66 ° 16'54.5 "S	110 ° 31'39.4 "E.	Wilkesland
Italy/ Station Dome Concordia (2005–, international) France	75 ° 06 ′ S	123 ° 23 ′ E	Wilkesland
Soviet Union Leningradskaya (1971–1993)	69 ° 30 ′ S	159 ° 23 ′ E	Oatesland