Queen Elizabeth Land
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9224745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Klaus Dodds (0000-0001-5074-0662, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 330-333 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247413000016 |
| OpenAlex | W2332614118 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This note considers the decision by the UK government to rename the southern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula - Queen Elizabeth Land. Named in honour of the UK Head of State, it was intended to be a ‘gift’ recognising her Diamond Jubilee. However, the 169,000 square mile territory in question is counter-claimed by Argentina and Chile. The circumstances surrounding this declaration, in December 2012, reveals both the contested politics of Antarctic place naming, and a growing willingness of the UK government to strengthen its ‘strategic presence’ in the Antarctic and wider South Atlantic/Falkland Islands region. This naming event provoked Argentina to issue a formal protest note to the UK Ambassador to Argentina
Archaeology · Cartography · Declaration · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Honour · Peninsula · Political science · Politics · Queen (butterfly) · State (computer science) · Summit · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · History · Law · Polar Research and Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |