Day of the Argentine Antarctic
Argentine Antarctica Day
The department of Argentine Antarctica, between 60°S 25°W / 60°S 25°W / -60; -25 and 60°S 74°W / 60°S 74°W / -60; -74 overlaps land claims by both Chile and the United Kingdom.
Official nameDía de la Antártida Argentina
Also called
  • Argentine Antarctica Day
  • Argentina Antarctica Day
  • Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day
Observed byPeople in:
TypeNational
Date22 February
Next timeFebruary 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)
FrequencyAnnual
Started byJuan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina
Related to

In Argentina, the Day of the Argentine Antarctic, or Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day (Spanish: Día de la Antártida Argentina, lit. 'day of the Argentine Antarctic'),[1] is commemorated annually on 22 February. It commerorates what Argentina says was the first permanent settlement, in 1904, in an area later claimed as an integral part of the country. The claimed area is designated de jure a department in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic Islands.[2][3][4] Argentina has no de facto authority over that part of Antarctica outside its bases.[5] The area is also claimed by the United Kingdom and, in most part, by Chile.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "From Antarctica, President Fernández calls for 'peace and prosperity'". Buenos Aires Times. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Kubny, Heiner (22 February 2021). "117 years of Argentine presence in Antarctica". Polar Journal. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Día de la Antártida Argentina" [Day of the Argentine Antarctic]. Fundación Marambio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Institúyese el Día de la Antártida Argentina" [Institution of the Day of the Argentine Antarctic]. Ley No. 20.827 of 21 October 1974 (in Spanish). Argentine Senate.
  5. ↑ Yermakova, Yelena (2021). "Legitimacy of the Antarctic Treaty System: is it time for a reform?". The Polar Journal. 11 (2). Comparative benefit: ATS as a relic of the Cold War "The main outcome of the ATS is that no country owns any part of Antarctica.Footnote18 Setting aside the discussions on territorial claims resulted in there being no sovereign in the Antarctic. While seen as an achievement to be celebrated by some, the reality is that Article IV did not solve the issue of territorial claims, but only set it aside.". doi:10.1080/2154896X.2021.1977048. S2CID 239218549.

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