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What does the blue spot south of Australia represents? 213.22.38.84 18:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It's Adélie Land, France's claim in Antarctica. See this map for the location. - Thanks, Hoshie 03:49, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

That should be taken off. Many nations claim Antartica but it is not on their maps. Also, claimed territory is not territory. It is a well done map besides that though...Zulu, King Of The Dwarf People 19:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Please consider updating image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Outre-mer_en.png with corrected one at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Outre-mer_en2.png The correction involves the placement of Adélie Land in Antartica, based upon Image:Antarctica territorial claims.png by User:Astrokey44, which has been removed by User:Aldeby since many nations claim Antartica but it is not on their maps. Also, claimed territory is not territory (as stated by User:Zulu,_King_Of_The_Dwarf_People).
Antartica has been declared internationalised by the Washington Treaty signed dec 1st, 1959 in whose article 4 is stated that signing countries (among whom there was France) "do not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial sovereignty claims and no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force". This treaty officially entered into force on June 23, 1961. Later, the United Nations with General Assembly resolution 40/156 of jan 21, 1986 declared Antartica a world heritage site. Thank you