AMUNDSEN HARBOUR

Amundsen Harbour flag Amundsen Harbour arms

Amundsen Harbour is on the same site as Mevu Town, founded 1970, and renamed Amundsen Harbour 1973. After resettlement 1979, it was made the federal capital of ACCR, but became an independent city republic in 1984. It remained the seat of the federal government, though.

There are around 1 million inhabitans in the city and some 150.000 residents in the Antarctic rural territories administered by Amundsen Harbour.

Main industries are fishing and whaling, and the city has a large port and the main airport of the ACCR, and is thus the main import and export centre of Antarctica. It is also the headquarters of the Federal Armed Forces.

The head of state of Amundsen Harbour is Mr Lemmath Babi (who is also President of the ACCR), since 1979.