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Macquarie Island
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a station on King George Island.
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Twenty-one of 28 Antarctic consultative nations have made no claims to Antarctic territory (although Russia and the United States have reserved the right to do so) and they do not recognize the claims of the other
nations.
(ARGENTINA)(ARGENTINA)(CHILE)(CHILE)(U.S.)(ARGENTINA)(U.K.)
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