Instituto Antártico Argentino
The Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA; English: Argentine Antarctic Institute) is the Argentine federal agency in charge of orientating, controlling, addressing and performing scientific and technical research and studies in the Antarctic.
| Instituto Antártico Argentino | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | April 17, 1951 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Argentina |
| Headquarters | San Martín, GBA |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship |
| Website | cancilleria.gob.ar/iaa |
Known as Argentine Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Argentina) the country claimed a sector as part of its national territory consisting of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, is delimited by the 25° West and 74° West meridians and the 60° South parallel. Administratively, Argentine Antarctica is a department of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands.
This sector overlaps with Chilean and British claims but, under the Antarctic Treaty System, there are no attempts by Argentina or any other country to actually enforce territorial claims in Antarctica.