r/CANZUK 18d ago

News A Map of CANZUK and its Territories

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u/Authoritaye Canada 17d ago

How did we end up with so much of Antarctica?

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u/Electrical-Secret445 United Kingdom 17d ago

Britain NZ and the aussies all have a lot of claimed land there

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica

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u/Ok_Type_4301 17d ago

It kind of like claiming sovereignty of the moon. However, Chile and Argentina take their claims very seriously and noone has better claims (geographically and historically) than Austalia and New Zealand to the bits we claim.

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u/spagbolshevik New Zealand 17d ago

Hmmmm yes, we should get in on the Moon Race! No reason why CANZUK can't have a space program in our wildest dreams 😁 We have the land and expertise.

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u/jediben001 United Kingdom 17d ago

The moon is, after all, a part of the commonwealth

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u/pulanina Australia 16d ago

Yes, Australia has had 3 bases there since the 1950s. Summer population about 250, winter 50-60.

Same can’t be said of the moon

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u/with_due_respect 16d ago

Dammit! Canada is falling behind in the cold, remote territory game! We....should... Wait. I think we're good.

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u/maomao3000 17d ago

Does Gibraltar mean nothing to you?

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u/Chairmanwowsaywhat 17d ago

If you zoom in i think it is actually red

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u/Flush_Foot Canada 17d ago

I concur! There looks to be 2-3 red pixels in ā€œsouthern Spainā€

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u/maomao3000 17d ago

Dang, you’re right.Ā 

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u/8ackwoods 16d ago

Enchance...

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u/Organic-Language6371 16d ago

Would this mean canzuk would have the most northern terriority in the world and the most southern?

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u/AlucardVTep3s Wales 16d ago

Sun never sets on the CANZUK unionšŸ’Ŗ

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u/Wh-why 17d ago edited 16d ago

Ew, nobody should own Antarctica. Other than that, this is pretty fire. The capital of CANZUK should be in Canada since we are directly between Europe and Oceania.

Edit: why am I getting downvoted?? Is respecting the Antarctic Treaty really that controversial?? Ya'll need to grow up.

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u/Flush_Foot Canada 17d ago

Even though I’m from Eastern Canada, I would agree with somewhere like Victoria BC being the ā€˜CANZUK Capital’, being fairly evenly placed between the UK and ANZ areas.

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u/hardcoremaggiesimp 17d ago

I mean London is the biggest citu

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u/tanhan27 17d ago

CANZUK should have 4 coequal capitols

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u/daniyal248 15d ago

This but it should also be each country's "second" city so for the uk it should be birmingham

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u/AlbionicLocal 8d ago

I'd say Edinburgh for historical reasons

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u/Hopeful-Car8210 16d ago

CANZUK would most likely have it in London for the economic purpose; that or it will have an embassy rather than a capital.

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u/Wh-why 17d ago

Agreed, and I am from the easternmost province!

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u/Flush_Foot Canada 17d ago

Ontario? (According to a Torontonian, probably 😜)

I grew up in the Maritimes, but have been in QC for just over a decade now.

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u/ArcticCelt Canada 17d ago

Australia is also between Canada and Europe if you go the other way around.

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u/MissMenace101 17d ago

Australia only has so much claim to preserve it from countries that want to milk it. Aussies can’t just rock up on a lot of ā€œourā€ land

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u/MissMenace101 17d ago

Upside is we are still heavily involved in climate watch down there