The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division, an agency of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) covers nearly 5.9 million square kilometres. That’s about 42% of Antarctica. The area is nearly 80% of the size of Australia itself.

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2020年2月4日 · The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is an external territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. The territory occupies an area of 2,276,700 square miles and has a population of less than 1000. The population is made up …

Australian Antarctic Territory, external territory claimed by Australia and located in Antarctica. See Australian External

Exploration of the Australian Antarctic Territory. Australia’s involvement in Antarctic exploration dates from the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) led by Douglas Mawson, the first Australian-led expedition. This was followed by the British Australia New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) of 1929–31.

2022年11月30日 · Australia has a long historic connection with Antarctica dating back to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by geologist Sir Douglas Mawson. The object was to explore the Antarctic continent in the vicinity of the magnetic south …

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the part of Antarctica claimed by Australia and is the largest part of Antarctica claimed by any nation. The area is about 6.119.818 km². Only the staff of research stations live in the territory.

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) constitutes 42 per cent of the Antarctic continent and as such, represents the largest territorial claim in Antarctica. 4 Sovereignty over the AAT was transferred from Britain to Australia under the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933, which came into effect on 24 August 1936.

Antarctica is important to Australia. We have sovereignty over 42 per cent of the continent, including sovereign rights over adjacent offshore areas (Figure 6.1). The Government is spending an additional $2.2 billion to protect Australia’s significant Antarctic interests.