British Antarctic Territory


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British Antarctic Territory

A British territory of the extreme Southern Hemisphere, including the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean and Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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British Antarctic Territory

n
(Placename) a UK Overseas Territory in the S Atlantic (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty): created in 1962 and consisting of the South Shetland Islands, the South Orkney Islands, and Graham Land; formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
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Brit′ish Antarc′tic Ter′ritory


n.
a British colony in the S Atlantic, comprising the South Shetland Islands, the South Orkney Islands, and Graham Land: formerly dependencies of the Falkland Islands.
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