Day of the Argentine Antarctic explained

Date:	22 February
Type:	national
Holiday Name:	Day of the Argentine Antarctic
Scheduling:	same day each year
Duration:	1 day
Frequency:	Annual
Mdy:	no
Nickname:	Argentine Antarctica Day Argentina Antarctica Day Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day
Official Name:	Spanish; Castilian: Día de la Antártida Argentina
Startedby:	Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina

In Argentina, the Day of the Argentine Antarctic, or Argentine Antarctic Sovereignty Day,^[1] is commemorated annually on 22 February. It commemorates what Argentina says was the first permanent settlement, in 1904, in an area later claimed as an integral part of the country.The claimed area is designated Latin: [[de jure]] a department in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic Islands.^{[2] [3] [4]} Argentina has no authority over that part of Antarctica outside its bases.^[5] The area is also claimed by the United Kingdom and, in most part, by Chile.

See also

• Malvinas Day

References

Further reading

• Vidal . Florian . 2023-01-02 . The Antarctic Peninsula: Argentina and Chile in the era of global change . The Polar Journal . en . 13 . 1 . 13–30 . 10.1080/2154896X.2023.2205236 . 2154-896X. free . 10037/30292 . free .

Notes and References

1. News: 2023-02-22 . From Antarctica, President Fernández calls for 'peace and prosperity' . 2023-11-05 . Buenos Aires Times.
2. Web site: Kubny . Heiner . 2021-02-22 . 117 years of Argentine presence in Antarctica . 2023-11-05 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Día de la Antártida Argentina . Day of the Argentine Antarctic . 2023-11-05 . Fundación Marambio . es.
4. Ley . 20.827. 21 October 1974. Argentine Senate. Institúyese el Día de la Antártida Argentina . Institution of the Day of the Argentine Antarctic. es.
5. Yermakova . Yelena . 2021 . Legitimacy of the Antarctic Treaty System: is it time for a reform? . The Polar Journal . 11 . 2 . Comparative benefit: ATS as a relic of the Cold War "The main outcome of the ATS is that no country owns any part of Antarctica.Footnote18 Setting aside the discussions on territorial claims resulted in there being no sovereign in the Antarctic. While seen as an achievement to be celebrated by some, the reality is that Article IV did not solve the issue of territorial claims, but only set it aside." . 10.1080/2154896X.2021.1977048. 239218549 . free . 10852/93248 . free .