The Chilean Territory Antarctica, or Chilean Antarctica, includes all the lands, islands, reefs and glaciers located between the meridians 53°W and 90°W and between the parallels 61°S and 90°S (the South Pole), with a surface of approximately 1.350.000 km2.

Here is some information about Villa Las Estrellas, King George Island:
It is the only base of all Antarctica that has families residing year round. Between 75 to 80 people, which includes 13 families, live during the winter. In summer this number doubles. Until 1985 only two children had been born. It has several services such as a ar runway, post office, a bank, hospital, a civil office of records and a school of basic education.

Present and Future Antarctica:

The most significant act for Chile, nevertheless, was the inauguration of the "Villa Las Estrellas" on April 9, 1984, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It is located near the Meteorological Center "President Frei" and three kilometers from Base Lieutenant Marsh.

Initially there were only six families. After a few months it had become a town with 12 families becoming the first and only population of civil colonists established in the Antarctica, an experience which had not been registered in Antarctica's history. The success of this project allowed the registration of two births, among the firsts on the Antarctica territory and the firsts in Chilean Antarctic.

At present, "Villa Las Estrellas" relies on a permanent population, an inn, infantile childcare, a school, mini hospital, a small supermarket, a post office and a bank, which makes it an actual human colony, to the such the point that it has turned into an important enclave of logistic support for other nations that have facilities on King George Island and surroundings.

The provisions are taken periodically by air, at the expense of the Air Force of Chile. The houses of the colony are quite big and comfortable, built on 100 square meters and are made of Lenga wood on a solid chassis of steel, with special adjustments in roofs and windows to isolate the environmental cold.

The success of " Villa Las Estrellas " has not been the only one for Chile. In July, 2000, news of another scientific discovery took place, the finding by a Chilean group of investigators discovered a natural sanctuary of Antarctic Minke whales, which had developed its own habitat on this glaciated continent, adapting to its climatic extreme conditions. The refuge of the whales was defined by the scientists as " ... a new population and species of Minke whales in the southern hemisphere ". Apparently, the cetaceans developed an extraordinary adjustment that allowed them to permanently inhabit the Antarctic waters without having to emigrate during the austral winter.