Australian Antarctic Territory

Australian Antarctic Territory
External territory of Australia
Map of Antarctica indicating Australian territorial claim (red area)
Sovereign state	Australia
British claim	1841
Claim transferred to Australia	1933
Main base and administrative centre	Davis Station 68°34′36″S 77°58′03″E / 68.576667°S 77.9675°E / -68.576667; 77.9675
Official languages	English
Government	Dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Governor-General	Sam Mostyn
• Australian government minister	Tanya Plibersek
• Chief Scientist	Nicole Webster
Area
• Total	5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	less than 1,000
Currency	Australian dollar (AU$) (AUD)
Calling code	+672 1x
Internet TLD	.aq .au

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 territory's history dates to a claim on Enderby Land made by the United Kingdom in 1841, which was subsequently expanded and eventually transferred to Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation by area. In 1961, the Antarctic Treaty came into force. Article 4 deals with territorial claims, and although it does not renounce or diminish any pre-existing claims to sovereignty, it also does not prejudice the position of Contracting Parties in their recognition or non-recognition of territorial sovereignty. As a result, only four other countries — New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, and Norway — recognise Australia's claim to sovereignty in Antarctica.^[1]