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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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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(Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area); territorial claim in Antarctica (British Antarctic Territory);
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Covering a large area of the Southern Ocean in the British Antarctic Territory, it will be the world's first 'high seas' reserve - off-limits to all types of fishing and dumping.
Greenpeace UK - Comments HelenK 2010
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Covering a large area of the Southern Ocean in the British Antarctic Territory, it will be the world's first 'high seas' reserve - off-limits to all types of fishing and dumping.
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The report took account among other things of the framework of arrangements between Britain and all of its 14 Overseas Territories, which include Gibraltar, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Antarctic Territory.
Taipei Times 2008
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Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley is the parish church for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory. back to top
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Islands, British Antarctic Territory, St Helena and its
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Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory.
WN.com - Articles related to Malaysian hoteliers urged to think Arabic 2010
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