"Westarctica" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2005, Jim Taylor, “Antarctica”, in Space Race: An Inside View of the Future of Communications Planning, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, page 181",
          "text": "There has even been a claim from the unrecognised state of Westarctica, whatever that might be.",
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          "ref": "2006 September, Lonely Planet",
          "text": "Westarctica is moving steadily to establish a frozen foothold in the large unclaimed portion of the frozen continent.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, editors, Unusual World Coins (companion volume to the Standard Catalog of World Coins), 6th edition, Krause Publications",
          "text": "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",
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          "ref": "2020, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation, Icon Books",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2021, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Performing Sovereignty”, in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2022, Ryan North, How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain, Riverhead Books, page 78",
          "text": "Where is Westarctica’s claimed territory located?",
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        "An unrecognized micronation in Antarctica, founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who styles himself as Grand Duke Travis, claiming a region of West Antarctica which has not been claimed by any nation state, comprising most of Marie Byrd Land."
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          "text": "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",
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