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Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty (U.S. Dept. of State) "Note 2: Antarctica consists of the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude. This area includes claims by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the legal status of which remains in suspense under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The United States recognizes no claims to Antarctica."
Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Antarctic Treaty Secretariat) December 1, 1959; entered into force June 23, 1961

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (U.S. National Science Foundation) in PDF; as of October 1995
Antarctic Conservation, 16 U.S.C. §2401 et seq.
via GPO Access, U.S. House, or Cornell
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention, 16 U.S.C. §2431 et seq.
via GPO Access, US House, or Cornell
Antarctic Mineral Resources Protection, 16 U.S.C. §2461 et seq.
via GPO Access, US House, or Cornell

GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
Multinational Collections Database: Antarctica (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
ForIntLaw: Antarctica (Washburn University Law Library)
Law Reviews / Commentaries:
- Francioni, Francesco. Resource Sharing in Antarctica: For Whose Benefit?, 1 EUR. J. INT'L L. 258 (1990).
- Pannatier, Serge. La protection du milieu naturel antarctique et le droit international de l'environnement, 7 EUR. J. INT'L L. 431 (1996).

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