This article is about a region of land that is not claimed by any party. For a region separating warring parties, see No man's land. For the book, see Terra Nullius (Coleman novel).
The unclaimed areas of Antarctica, including all of Marie Byrd Land
Terra nullius (/ˈtɛrəˈnʌlɪəs/,[1] plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land".[2]
Since the nineteenth century it has occasionally been used in international law as a principle to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state's occupation of it.[a][4] There are currently three territories sometimes claimed to be terra nullius: Bir Tawil (a strip of land between Egypt and the Sudan), four pockets of land near the Danube due to the Croatia–Serbia border dispute, and parts of Antarctica, principally Marie Byrd Land.
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Klotz, Frank G. (June 1998). America on the Ice: Antarctic policy issues. DIANE Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 0-7881-7048-1 – via Google Books. Antarctica was what international lawyers refers to as terra nullius – literally, "nobody's land".
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Brownlie, I. (1990). Principles of Public International Law (4th ed.). p. 146.
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