British Antarctic Territory

British Antarctic Territory
geographical name islands & territories in the S Atlantic & in Antarctica administered by the British including South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Antarctic Peninsula, & Palmer Archipelago

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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