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Antarctica

Antarctica

Antarctica is a continent governed by the Antarctic Treaty System; several countries have claims there, and no claim is generally recognised, at the bottom of the world. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

Antarctica’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
12,258,355 km² (4,732,974 sq mi)
Population
4,490Natural Earth estimate
Regions
2in Globestamp’s regions layer

Does Antarctica count as a country?

It depends on the list. Antarctica is a continent governed by the Antarctic Treaty System; several countries have claims there, and no claim is generally recognised, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “British Antarctic Territory (Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land, South Orkney, South Shetland)”.

ListCounts Antarctica?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as British Antarctic Territory (Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land, South Orkney, South Shetland)
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Antarctica stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Antarctica’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Antarctica, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Antarctica

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Antarctica when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Antarctica has no airport with scheduled flights, so most visitors arrive by road, rail or sea. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Events in Antarctica

Total solar eclipses over Antarctica that the app knows: 4 December 2021. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.

2 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Antarctica into 2 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 2

Antarctica · ATA+99?

Questions people ask

Is Antarctica a country?

It depends on the list. Antarctica is a continent governed by the Antarctic Treaty System; several countries have claims there, and no claim is generally recognised, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “British Antarctic Territory (Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land, South Orkney, South Shetland)”.

How many tourists visit Antarctica?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Antarctica. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Antarctica stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Antarctica count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “British Antarctic Territory (Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land, South Orkney, South Shetland)”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Antarctica

Near Antarctica

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