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'''ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ''' ('''BAT''') [[ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕਾ]] ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਤਰ ਹੈ ਜਿਹਦੇ ਉੱਤੇ [[ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ]] ਆਪਣੇ ੧੪ ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਮੰਨ ਕੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਹੱਕ ਜਮਾਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇਹਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ 60°S ਅਕਸ਼ਾਂਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਦੱਖਣਲਾ ਅਤੇ 20°W ਅਤੇ 80°W ਰੇਖਾਂਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿਚਲਾ ਖੇਤਰ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਫ਼ਾਨਾ ਬਣਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ [[ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ]] ਅਤੇ [[ਚਿਲੀ]] ਦੇ ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕਾ ਉਤਲੇ ਦਾਅਵਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ਼ ਟੱਕਰ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
The '''British Antarctic Territory''' ('''BAT''') is a sector of [[Antarctica]] claimed by the [[United Kingdom]] as one of its 14 [[British Overseas Territory|British Overseas Territories]]. It comprises the region south of [[60th parallel south|60°S latitude]] and between longitudes {{nowrap|[[20th meridian west|20°W]]}} and {{nowrap|[[80th meridian west|80°W]]}}, forming a wedge shape that extends to the [[South Pole]], overlapping the Antarctic claims of [[Argentina]] ([[Argentine Antarctica]]) and [[Chile]] ([[Antártica Chilena Province]]). The Territory was formed on 3 March 1962, although the UK's claim to this portion of the Antarctic dates back to [[Letters Patent]] of 1908 and 1917. The area now covered by the Territory includes three regions which, before 1962, were administered by the British as separate dependencies of the [[Falkland Islands]]: [[Graham Land]], the [[South Orkney Islands]], and the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Since the [[Antarctic Treaty]] came into force in 1961, Article 1 of which states "The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force", most countries do not recognise territorial claims in Antarctica.<ref name=recognition/> The United Kingdom has ratified the treaty.
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