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{{short description|Australian territorial claim on East Antarctica}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2012}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox dependency
| name                     = Australian Antarctic Territory
| settlement_type          = [[States and territories of Australia|External territory of Australia]]
| image_map                = Antarctica, Australia territorial claim.svg
| map_alt                  = Map of Antarctica indicating Australian territorial claim (red area)
| map_caption              = Map of Antarctica indicating Australian territorial claim (red area)
| subdivision_type         = [[Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|Australia}}
| established_title2       = British claim
| established_date2        = 1841
| established_title3       = Claim transferred to Australia
| established_date3        = 1933
| official_languages       = [[English language|English]]
| capital_type             = Main base
| capital                  = [[Davis Station]]
| coordinates              = {{coord|68.576667|S|77.9675|E|format=dms|region:AQ}}
| largest_settlement       = capital
| largest_settlement_type  = administrative centre
| government_type          = [[Dependent territory|Dependency]] under a [[constitutional monarchy]]
| leader_title1            = [[Monarchy of Australia|Monarch]]
| leader_name1             = [[Charles III]]
| leader_title2            = [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]]
| leader_name2             = [[Sam Mostyn]]
| leader_title3            = [[Government of Australia|Australian government]] minister
| leader_name3             = [[Murray Watt]]
| leader_title4            = Chief Scientist
| leader_name4             = [[Nicole Webster]]
| area_km2                 = 5,896,500
| area_sq_mi               = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| percent_water            = 
| population_estimate      = less than 1,000
| population_estimate_year = 
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| pop_den_footnote         = 
| currency                 = [[Australian dollar]] (AU$)
| currency_code            = AUD
| drives_on                = 
| iso_code                 = 
| calling_code             = [[Telephone numbers in the Australian Antarctic Territory|+672 1x]]
| cctld                    = {{hlist|[[.aq]]|[[.au]]}}
|elevation_max_m=3490}}
The '''Australian Antarctic Territory''' ('''AAT''') is a part of [[East Antarctica]] claimed by [[Australia]] as an [[States and territories of Australia|external territory]]. It is administered by the [[Australian Antarctic Division]], an agency of the federal [[Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water]].  It is the largest sector of [[Antarctica]] by area claimed by any country. Australia is an original signatory to the [[Antarctic Treaty System|Antarctic Treaty]] of 1959, under which all territorial claims are held in [[abeyance]]. Only four other countries accept Australia's claim to sovereignty, being New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, and Norway, all of which have territorial claims in Antarctica and mutually accept one another's claims.

==History==

The [[British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition]], led by Australian geologist and polar explorer [[Douglas Mawson]], took place in 1929–1930 and 1930–1931. He made the territorial claim to 42% of the Antarctic during these expeditions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Polar collection |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/australian-polar |access-date=31 August 2025 |website=South Australian Museum |publisher=Government of South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=LibGuides: Douglas Mawson: BANZARE 1929-31 | website=LibGuides at [[State Library of South Australia]]  | url=https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410313&p=2795630 | access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>

In 1933, a British imperial order stated: <blockquote>That part of His Majesty's dominions in the Antarctic Seas which comprises all the islands and territories other than [[Adélie Land]] which are situated south of the 60th degree of South Latitude and lying between the 160th degree of East Longitude and the 45th degree of East Longitude is hereby placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia.<ref>Antarctica and international law: a collection of inter-state and national documents, Volume 2. pp. 143. Author: W. M. Bush. Editor: Oceana Publications, 1982. {{ISBN|0-379-20321-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-379-20321-9}}</ref></blockquote>
In 1933, the ''Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933'' stated:<ref>{{ Cite Legislation AU | Cth | act | C2004C00416 | Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933 }} [https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/aataa193381933434/aataa193381933434.pdf PDF]<!--citation does not appear to work---></ref>   <blockquote>That part of the territory in the Antarctic seas which comprises all the islands and territories, other than Adelie Land, situated south of the 60th degree south latitude and lying between the 160th degree east longitude and the 45th degree east longitude, is hereby declared to be accepted by the Commonwealth as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, by the name of the Australian Antarctic Territory.</blockquote>

The borders with [[Adélie Land]] were fixed definitively in 1938. In 1947, Britain transferred [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]] to the territory. On 13 February 1954,<ref name= mawson>{{cite web |title= A Brief History of Mawson |publisher= Australian Government – Australian Arctic Division |url= http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=7041 |access-date= 2008-07-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080727085111/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=7041 |archive-date= 27 July 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref>[[Mawson Station]] was established as the first Australian station on the continent proper.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mawson station: a brief history | website=Australian Antarctic Program | date=8 August 2018 | url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/stations/mawson/ | access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>
==Area==
The AAT consists of all the islands and territory south of [[60th parallel south|60°S]] and between [[44th meridian east|44°38′E]] and [[160th meridian east|160°E]], except for [[Adélie Land]] ([[136th meridian east|136°E]] to [[142nd meridian east|142°E]]), which divides the territory into Western AAT (the larger portion) and Eastern AAT.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/australia-in-antarctica/australian-antarctic-territory|title=Australian Antarctic Territory|website=antarctica.gov.au|date=15 April 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref> It is bounded by [[Queen Maud Land]] in the West and by the [[Ross Dependency]] in the East. The Australian Antarctic Territory is the largest of any claims to the continent, and covers nearly 5.9 million square kilometres.<ref>{{cite web|title = National recovery plan for Albatrosses and Giant-petrels: Section 4.1.6 Australian Antarctic Territory, Geography |publisher= Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/albatross/habitat.html |access-date= 2008-07-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080817111259/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/albatross/habitat.html| archive-date= 17 August 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> This makes up about 42% of [[Antarctica]], and would cover about 80% of [[Mainland Australia]].<ref name=AUGov>{{Cite web|title=Australian Antarctic Territory|website=antarctica.gov.au|date=15 April 2016 |access-date=2021-11-09|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123111059/https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/australia-in-antarctica/australian-antarctic-territory/|url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/australia-in-antarctica/australian-antarctic-territory/|language=en}}</ref> It also corresponds to roughly twice the size of Queen Maud Land, [[India]], [[Argentina]] or [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/india/#geography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111023536/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/india/ |archive-date= 11 January 2021 |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |work=[[The World Factbook]] |url-status=live |quote=2,973,193 sq km}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Argentina - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/#geography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227101423/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |work=[[The World Factbook]] |url-status=live |quote=2,736,690 sq km}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/#geography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227104519/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |work=[[The World Factbook]] |url-status=live |quote=2,699,700  sq km}}</ref>

===Subdivisions===
[[File:Districts of Australian Antarctic Territory.svg|thumb|300px|Map of districts of Australian Antarctic Territory
{{legend|#ec1111|Enderby Land}}
{{legend|#f88c19|Kemp Land}}
{{legend|#049e62|Mac. Robertson Land}}
{{legend|#0e38b4|Princess Elizabeth Land}}
{{legend|#b73db7|Kaiser Wilhelm II Land}}
{{legend|#45bfe2|Queen Mary Land}}
{{legend|#0ee706|Wilkes Land (showing further subdivisions into 5 parts)}}
{{legend|#ffd200|George V Land}}
{{legend|#038099|Oates Land}}
]]
The territory is divided into nine districts, which are from west to east:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-04|title=The Australian Antarctic Territory: History and Present Status|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-australian-antarctic-territory-history-and-present-status.html|access-date=2021-11-09|website=WorldAtlas|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! District
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Western<br />border
! Eastern<br />border
! Width
|-
| 1
| [[Enderby Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|449,900
| 044°38′ E
| 056°25′ E
| 011°47′
|-
| 2
| [[Kemp Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|...
| 056°25′ E
| 059°34′ E
| 003°09′
|-
| 3
| [[Mac. Robertson Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|260,000
| 059°34′ E
| 072°35′ E
| 013°01′
|-
| 4
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|437,500
| 072°35′ E
| 087°43′ E
| 015°08′
|-
| 5
| [[Kaiser Wilhelm II Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|...
| 087°43′ E
| 091°54′ E
| 003°11′
|-
| 6
| [[Queen Mary Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|422,000
| 091°54′ E
| 100°30′ E
| 008°36′
|-
| 7
| [[Wilkes Land]]
|style="text-align:right"| 2,160,000
| 100°30′ E
| 136°11′ E
| 035°41′
|-
| 8
| [[George V Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|483,000
| 142°02′ E
| 153°45′ E
| 011°43′
|-
| 9
| [[Oates Land]]
|style="text-align:right"|...
| 153°45′ E
| 160°00′ E
| 006°15′
|-
|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"  | class="sortbottom"
| &nbsp;
| '''Total'''
|style="text-align:right"|5,897,000
| 044°38′ E
| 160°00′ E
| 097°44′
|-
|}

These regions are split into two separate areas geographically, with George V Land and Oates Land lying to the east of the French Territorial claim of [[Adélie Land]], and all other districts lying to its west.

==People==
{{see also|Administrative heads of the Australian Antarctic Territory}}
The territory is mostly inhabited by the staff of research stations. The [[Australian Antarctic Division]] administers the area primarily by maintaining three year-round stations—[[Mawson Station|Mawson]], [[Davis Station|Davis]], and [[Casey Station|Casey]]—which support various research projects.<ref>The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia (2018). ''Maintaining Australia’s national interests in Antarctica: Inquiry into Australia’s Antarctic Territory''. Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories.</ref>

As of May 2018, the AAT was believed to have a population of around 80 people during winters and 200 during summers.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia (2018). ''Maintaining Australia's national interests in Antarctica: Inquiry into Australia's Antarctic Territory''. Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories. |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/National_Capital_and_External_Territories/AntarcticTerritory |website=aph.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Exclusive economic zone==
Australia claims an [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ) from the Australian Antarctic Territory. However, the Australian proclamation of an Antarctic EEZ is contested.  The effect of Article IV of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty (which prohibits new territorial claims or the extension of existing claims in the Antarctic) would seem to be that an EEZ cannot be claimed in relation to territory to which that Treaty applies (south of 60° South).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} The provisions of the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]] (UNCLOS) define the exclusive economic zone of a coastal state as up to {{convert|200|nmi|km}} from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Part V. Exclusive Economic Zone. Article 57. Breadth of the exclusive economic zone|work=United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|url=https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part5.htm|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

===Whaling===
[[Whaling]] in Australian Antarctic territorial waters is controversial and has received international attention.<ref name="keep out">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10487038 |title=Japanese whalers told to keep out of Australian territory |date=16 January 2008 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> Anti-whaling protest groups, in particular [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]], have been active within the Australian Antarctic territorial waters. Sea Shepherd small boat crews have had [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations|multiple encounters]] with [[Whaling in Japan|Japanese]] ships that claim to be on research expeditions while opponents argue this is only a "cover" for banned [[commercial whaling]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800863.stm "'Stink' attack on Japan's whalers], [[BBC]], 27 December 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22670246 "Japanese whaling ship detains 2 protesters"], [[NBC News]], 15 January 2008</ref> The [[Australian Whale Sanctuary]], in Australian Antarctic territory, is not recognised by the government of Japan.<ref name="keep out"/> Anti-whaling legislation passed by the Australian Government applies to Australian territorial waters.  However, Australia's claims of sovereignty over the Australian Antarctic Territory—and thus sovereignty over Australian Antarctic territorial waters—are recognised by only the United Kingdom, New Zealand, France and Norway.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/whale-watch/an-honorable-way-out-of-the-whaling-debacle/2008/01/18/1200764227112.html "An honorable way out of the whaling débâcle"], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 19 January 2008</ref>

==Recognition and promotion of Australian sovereignty==
As of 2008, Australia's claim to sovereignty over the Australian Antarctic Territory is recognised by only the United Kingdom, New Zealand, France and Norway.<ref name=leg>{{cite web|title=Chapter 6: Antarctic Territories |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=ncet/communication/report/chapter6.pdf |access-date=2013-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626203525/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ncet/communication/report/chapter6.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2008/3.html Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd FCA 3 (15 January 2008)], Federal Court of Australia, §13.</ref> Ships of Japan conduct whaling  in Australian Antarctic territorial waters.<ref>{{Cite AustLII|FCA|3|2008|litigants=Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd |parallelcite=(2008) 165 [[Federal Court Reports|FCR]] 510 |courtname=auto |date=15 January 2008 |pinpoint=[13]}}.</ref>

==Activities and environmental protection==
In 2016, the [[Australian Government]] formulated an Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year "Action Plan" to improve overland transport capabilities and aviation access to the continent. The plan incorporated a strategy to protect the Antarctic environment and maintain an indefinite ban on mining and oil drilling. The construction of a research and resupply icebreaker vessel was also planned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Antarctica |website=2017 Foreign Policy White Paper |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/4ca0813c-585e-4fe1-86eb-de665e65001a/fpwhitepaper/foreign-policy-white-paper/chapter-six-global-cooperation/climate-change/antarctica.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |date=November 2017}}</ref> The 25,000-tonne {{ship|RSV|Nuyina}} was delivered in 2021 and was immediately employed in support of the [[Casey Station]]. It is envisaged that the ship will support scientific research over the next 30 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=RSV NUYINA – AUSTRALIA'S NEW ICEBREAKER |website=Government of Australia |date=6 October 2022 |url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/transportation/shipping/rsv-nuyina/ |access-date=2023-08-23}}</ref>

Through "Operation Southern Discovery", elements of the [[Australian Defence Force]] also provide annual support for the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) in regional scientific, environmental, and economic activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/operations/southern-discovery |title=Operation Southern Discovery |website=Australian Government - Defence |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> The [[Royal Australian Air Force]] provides air logistical support using [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 transport aircraft]] supported by [[Airbus A330 MRTT|KC-30 tanker aircraft]] to supply [[Wilkins Runway|Wilkins airfield]] in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airpower.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-03/AP39-Australias-Antarctic-National-Air-Power-Futures.pdf|title=Australia's Antarctic National Air Power Futures |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia  |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=2019 |first1=Peter |last1=Layton |first2=Travis |last2=Hallen |first3=Lauren |last3=Bishop }}</ref>

===Mining in Antarctica===
During the early 1980s, there was a brief debate in Australia on whether or not to allow [[mining]] on the [[Antarctica|mineral-rich continent]].<ref name=mining>{{cite web|title=Mining|url=http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/geology/mining|work=In the 1980s, the question of possible mineral exploitation (including the hydrocarbons oil and gas) was addressed by the nations of the Antarctic Treaty. They negotiated an agreement called the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (CRAMRA) which would have regulated mining should it have ever been contemplated. CRAMRA did not come into force. Instead, the Madrid Protocol was negotiated and it includes a ban on Antarctic mining.|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> Several mining proposals have been discussed and have all been rejected.<ref>{{cite web|title=No mining in Antarctica, say Aussies|url=http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/no-mining-in-antarctica-say-aussies-1.1066056?ot=inmsa.ArticlePrintPageLayout.ot|work=Despite the current global appetite for minerals, which has underpinned two decades of economic growth in Australia, the country currently has no plans to allow any mining in Antarctica|publisher=IOL|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>

On 9 August 2011, the influential Australian think-tank, the [[Lowy Institute]], published a report warning Canberra against complacency when it comes to its claim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Antarctica: Assessing and Protecting Australia's National Interests|url=http://www.lowyinstitute.org/files/pubfiles/Fogarty%2C_Antarctica_web.pdf|work=International interest in Antarctica is rising.|publisher=Lowy Institute|access-date=26 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721060624/http://www.lowyinstitute.org/files/pubfiles/Fogarty%2C_Antarctica_web.pdf|archive-date=21 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The global treaty banning [[Exploitation of natural resources|resource exploitation]] becomes reviewable in 2041,<ref name=twenty>{{cite web|last=Swan|first=Robert|title=2041|url=http://2041.com/about-2041/#whatisthis|work=In the year 2041, the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty could potentially be modified or amended.|publisher=2041.com|access-date=26 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805203108/http://2041.com/about-2041/#whatisthis|archive-date=5 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and some states may then decide to withdraw from it considering the continent's mineral deposits. These include coal seams, manganese, iron and uranium, while Antarctica's forecast oil reserves are estimated as among the largest in the world after [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Venezuela]]. Lowy's national security fellow Ellie Fogarty said in the paper that Australia cannot adequately patrol its claim, lacking the kind of ski-planes it needs to reach some areas.

==Postage stamps==
[[File:Cover AAT 1959.jpg|thumb|1959 cover commemorating the opening of the [[Wilkes Station|Wilkes]] post office]] 
{{Main|Postage stamps and postal history of the Australian Antarctic Territory}}
Australia issues [[postage stamp]]s for the Australian Antarctic Territory. The first issues came in 1957, and sporadically thereafter, settling into a pattern of an annual issue by the 1990s. All have been Antarctic-themed, and all are valid for postage in Australia and its territories, including Antarctica.{{cn|date=August 2025}}

==Telephone connections==
Assigned the [[country calling code]] +672<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Communicating with Australian Antarctic Program participants - messaging & calling apps, email and phone. – Australian Antarctic Program |url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/antarctic-operations/family-and-friends/introductory-package/communicating-with-antarctica-by-phone-and-email/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.antarctica.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> 1[0-4] XXXX, the four stations and the Aurora Australis operated by the Australian Antarctic Division can be reached by direct calling from anywhere in the world. The area codes are 10 for Davis, 11 for Mawson, 12 for Casey, 13 for Macquarie Island and 14 for Wilkins and the Aurora Australis, in each case followed by four additional digits.{{cn|date=August 2025}}

==List of stations==
[[File:Davis Station November 2005.jpg|thumb|[[Davis Station]]]]
Active and closed stations in the territory, from West to East:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Station
! Status
! Nationality
! Location
! District
|-
| [[Molodyozhnaya Station (Antarctica)|Molodyozhnaya]]
| Seasonal
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|67|40|S|45|51|E|}}
| [[Enderby Land]]
|-
| [[Mawson Station|Mawson]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| {{coord|67|36|09.7|S|62|52|25.7|E|}}
| [[Mac Robertson Land (Antarctica)|Mac Robertson Land]] ([[Mawson Coast]])
|-
| [[Soyuz Station|Soyuz]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|70|35|S|68|47|E|}}
| [[Mac Robertson Land (Antarctica)|Mac Robertson Land]] (Lars Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Druzhnaya Station|Druzhnaya]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|69|44|S|72|42|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Bharati (research station)|Bharati]]
| Permanent
| {{flag|India}}
| {{coord|69|24|S|76|11|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Antarctic Zhongshan Station|Zhongshan]]
| Permanent
| {{flag|People's Republic of China|name=China}}
| {{coord|69|22|S|76|22|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station]]
| Seasonal
| {{flag|Romania}}
| {{coord|69|23|18.6|S|76|22|46.2|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Progress Station]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|69|23|S|76|23|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Davis Station|Davis]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| {{coord|68|34|35.8|S|77|58|02.6|E|}}
| [[Princess Elizabeth Land]] (Ingrid Christensen Land)
|-
| [[Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station)|Sovetskaya]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|77|58|S|89|16|E}}
| [[Wilhelm II Land]]
|-
| [[Mirny Station]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|66|33|S|93|01|E|}}
| [[Queen Mary Land]]
|-
| [[Komsomolskaya (research station)|Komsomolskaya]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|74|05|S|97|29|E|}}
| [[Queen Mary Land]]
|-
| [[Vostok, Antarctica|Vostok]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|78|28|S|106|48|E|}}
| [[Wilkes Land]] (Knox Land)
|-
| [[Wilkes Station]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| {{coord|66|15|25.6|S|110|31|32.2|E|}}
| [[Wilkes Land]] (Budd Land)
|-
| [[Casey Station|Casey]]
| Permanent
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| {{coord|66|16|54.5|S|110|31|39.4|E|}}
| [[Wilkes Land]] (Budd Land)
|-
| [[Concordia Station]]<br>(Dome C)
| Permanent
| {{flagu|France}}<br/>{{flagu|Italy}}
| {{coord|75|06|S|123|23|E|}}
| [[Wilkes Land]] (Banzare Land)
|-
| [[Leningradskaya Station|Leningradskaya]]
| Closed
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| {{coord|69|30|S|159|23|E|}}
| [[Oates Land]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Geography|Australia}}
* [[Australian Antarctic Building System]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

* [http://www.antarctica.gov.au/ Australian Antarctic Division]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030143303/http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/search_names.cfm Australian Antarctic Gazetteer]

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