RITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
The British Antarctic Territory, formerly part of the Falkland Islands'
Dependencies, is administered by a High Commissioner who is also the
Governor of the Falkland Islands and its Dependencies. There are no
indigenous inhabitants and the population consists entirely of the scien-
tific members of the British Antarctic Survey and scientists from other
countries. Responsibility for the British Antarctic Survey was transferred
from the Commonwealth Office to the Department of Education and Science on
1 April 1967. The Territory covers approximately 666,000 square miles.