| Day of the Argentine AntarcticArgentine Antarctica Day | |
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 The department of Argentine Antarctica, between 60°S 25°W / 60°S 25°W and 60°S 74°W / 60°S 74°W overlaps land claims by both Chile and the United Kingdom. | |
| Official name | Día de la Antártida Argentina |
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| Observed by | People in: |
| Type | National |
| Date | 22 February |
| Next time | February 22, 2025 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Started by | Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina |
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In Argentina, the Day of the Argentine Antarctic, or Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day (Spanish: Día de la Antártida Argentina, lit. 'day of the Argentine Antarctic'),[1] is commemorated annually on 22 February. It commemorates what Argentina says was the first permanent settlement, in 1904, in an area later claimed as an integral part of the country. The claimed area is designated de jure a department in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic Islands.[2][3][4] Argentina has no de facto authority over that part of Antarctica outside its bases.[5] The area is also claimed by the United Kingdom and, in most part, by Chile.
- ^ "From Antarctica, President Fernández calls for 'peace and prosperity'". Buenos Aires Times. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Kubny, Heiner (22 February 2021). "117 years of Argentine presence in Antarctica". Polar Journal. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Día de la Antártida Argentina" [Day of the Argentine Antarctic]. Fundación Marambio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Institúyese el Día de la Antártida Argentina [Institution of the Day of the Argentine Antarctic] (Ley 20.827) (in Spanish). Argentine Senate. 21 October 1974.
- ^ Yermakova, Yelena (2021). "Legitimacy of the Antarctic Treaty System: is it time for a reform?". The Polar Journal. 11 (2). Comparative benefit: ATS as a relic of the Cold War "The main outcome of the ATS is that no country owns any part of Antarctica.Footnote18 Setting aside the discussions on territorial claims resulted in there being no sovereign in the Antarctic. While seen as an achievement to be celebrated by some, the reality is that Article IV did not solve the issue of territorial claims, but only set it aside.". doi:10.1080/2154896X.2021.1977048. hdl:10852/93248. S2CID 239218549.