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Nowadays, a few countries revindicate territories in Antactica, all of them being from Western Europe, Oceania and the Southern Cone.
One alternative method of dividing it that I’ve noticed to have quite some appeal on the Internet is the Frontage Theory (Teoria da Defrontação), proposed by Brazilian geographer scholar Therezinha de Castro and according to which sovereignty over a certain point in the continent would belong to the first country reached traveling north from that point following a meridian. It can be better visualized in the following image made by Laura Canali (https://www.limesonline.com/cartaceo...-sullantartide).
As reported by the previous website and also by A QUESTÃO TERRITORIAL ANTÁRTICA: Uma análise das teorias de ocupação, it spurred animosity from Chile and Argentina but was well received by Uruguayans, Peruvians and Ecuadorians.
If it were to be followed, this would be how Antarctica would be partitioned.
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