British Antarctic Territory: Meaning and Definition of

Brit'ish Antarc'tic Ter'ritory

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  1. a British colony in the S Atlantic, comprising the South Shetland Islands, the South Orkney Islands, and Graham Land: formerly dependencies of the Falkland Islands.
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