Westarctica

There has even been a claim from the unrecognised state of Westarctica, whatever that might be.

2005, Jim Taylor, “Antarctica”, in Space Race: An Inside View of the Future of Communications Planning, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, page 181

Westarctica is moving steadily to establish a frozen foothold in the large unclaimed portion of the frozen continent.

2006 September, Lonely Planet

X # 2 25 WESTARCTICAN DOLLARS Copper-Nickel, 39 mm. Ruler: Grand Duke Travis I Obv: Arms Rev: Crown and rearing horse on quartered flag background Rev. Legend: Treaty of Friendship between Westarctica and Molossia Edge: Reeded

2011, George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, editors, Unusual World Coins (companion volume to the Standard Catalog of World Coins), 6th edition, Krause Publications

The most established attendees were by far the long-standing Republic of Molossia, whose President Kevin Baugh is one of the go-to interviewees for features on micronations, and the Grand Duchy of Westarctica, a territory claimed on an unclaimed piece of land on Antarctica whose Grand Duke Travis McHenry is fundraising for an expedition to the actual Westarctican territory.

2020, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation, Icon Books, →ISBN

On 2 November 2001, McHenry wrote letters to each of the twelve original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty announcing his formal claim and the creation of the Grand Duchy of Westarctica.

2021, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Performing Sovereignty”, in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, →ISBN