"I am pleased to announce that Australia, the largest island in the world, has just been dramatically increased in size," Ferguson told reporters in Canberra.
"We have fully explored through the United Nations our entitlements to actually extend our continental shelf."
Ferguson said the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York gave Australia control of large areas of seabed beyond the standard 200 nautical miles, including some bordering Australia's Antarctic Territory.
The decision gives Australia the rights to what exists on and under the seabed, including potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves and biological resources.
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"That is an area five times the size of France, 10 times the size of New Zealand, and 20 times the size of the United Ki