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- exterior property of Norway
- other names:
– Bouvet Sector
– Queen Maud Land
• Flag
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
The country has no own flag. There is in use the flag of Norway:
National and merchant flag of Norway,
ratio = 8:11,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4
Numbers and Facts
Area: 965 350 sq.mi.
Inhabitants: crews of the stations of Maudheim (Norway), Georg von Neumayer (Germany), Sanae (South Africa), Norge (Norway), Maitri (India), Nowolazarevskaya (Russia), King Baudouin (Belgium), Syowa (Japan) ...
Time Zone: GMT – 1 h to + 3 h
Source: Wikipedia (SV),
Volker Preuß
1820 · the Russian seafarers Bellingshausen and Lasarew explore the coast of the future Queen Maud Land
1831 · the English seafarer Biscoe explores the coast of the future Queen Maud Land
1925 · German antarctic expedition under Dr. Albert Merz
1931 · the Norwegian Rilser-Larsen explores the coast of the future Queen Maud Land
1938 · Norway lays claim to what later became Queen Maud Land between 20° W and 45° E, the so named Bouvet Sector
1938–1939 · German antarctic expedition under Captain Ritscher, according to the international law effective appropriation of Neuschwabenland for the German Empire
1945 · the German Empire renounces its antarctic territories, Norway words claims
1952 · the Federal Republic of Germany gets granted the law for the by discovery given right for the awarding of geographical names
1st of December 1959 · Antarctic Treaty for the peaceful exploitation of the Antarctic, claims for territories remain untouched, the Bouvet Sector gets the name Queen Maud Land, the names Neuschwabenland, Schirmacher-Oase, Ritscher-Hochland, Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge, Wohlthat-Massiv remain untouched
Source:
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (DE)
Origin of the Country's Name
The name "Queen Maud Land" points to the Norwegian Queen Maud (1869–1938). "Bouvet-Sektor" goes back to the 1 000 mi. in front of the coast situated Norwegian island "Bouvet".
Source: Volker Preuß
