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Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
is a
c.
2.7 million-square-kilometre (1 million sq mi) region of
Antarctica
claimed
as a
dependent territory
by
Norway
. The territory lies between
20° west
and
45° east
, between the
British Antarctic Territory
to the west and the
Australian Antarctic Territory
to the east. The
latitudinal
limits of the territory were not officially defined until 2015 when Norway formally annexed the area between it and the South Pole. Positioned in
East Antarctica
, the territory comprises about one-fifth of the total area of Antarctica. The claim is named for the Norwegian queen
Maud of Wales
(1869–1938).
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