List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
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This is a
list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
.
Antarctic
islands are, in the strict sense, the
islands
around mainland
Antarctica
, situated on the
Antarctic Plate
, and south of the
Antarctic Convergence
. According to the terms of the
Antarctic Treaty
, claims to sovereignty over lands south of
60° S
are not asserted.
[
1
]
Sub-Antarctic
islands are the islands situated closer to another continental mainland or on another
tectonic plate
, but are
biogeographically
linked to the
Antarctic
or being parts of the
Antarctic realm
, roughly north of and adjacent to the
Antarctic Convergence
.
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Antarctic Treaty, Article VI Dec. 1, 1959
12 UST 794; 402 UNTS 71; 19 ILM 860 (1980)