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.aq
Introduced	February 26, 1992
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited; Swizzle Limited
Sponsor	Mott and Associates
Intended use	Entities connected with Antarctica
Actual use	Used by several scientific stations and projects in Antarctica; also sees some use over .hm for government sites related to the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Registration restrictions	Must have physical presence in Antarctica or be a governmental organization signatory to the Antarctic Treaty
Structure	Registrations are taken at second level
Documents	Registration form
Dispute policies	None
Registry website	None

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.aq is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Antarctica (itself not a country). It is derived from the French Antarctique and is reserved for organizations that work in Antarctica or promote the Antarctic and Southern Ocean regions. It is administered by Peter Mott of Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited from Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

.aq domain names are available free of charge, and registration is granted for a period of 24 months. As a general rule, registrants are only allocated a single .aq domain name. The registry does not have a website. Registration is only possible by contacting Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited.^[2]

References

^ "Delegation Record for .AQ". Retrieved 2021-07-26.
^ ".aq - The TLD for Antarctica". park.io. 2015-10-29. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-12-10.

External links

IANA .aq whois information
FAQ for the .aq registry
Top-Level-Domain .AQ (in German) (information site about .aq)

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[1] "Delegation Record for .AQ". Retrieved 2021-07-26.

[2] ".aq - The TLD for Antarctica". park.io. 2015-10-29. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-12-10.

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+{{short description|Internet country-code top level domain for Antarctica}}
-{{No footnotes|date=December 2016}}
 {{Infobox Top level domain
  | name=.aq
+ | image=Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svg
- | background=#CCF
+ | introduced=February 26, 1992
- | image=
- | introduced=1992
  | type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
  | status=Active
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 Swizzle Limited
  | sponsor=Mott and Associates
- | intendeduse=Entities connected with {{flag|Antarctica}}
+ | intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Antarctica]]
- | actualuse=Several scientific stations and projects in Antarctica have sites in this domain
+ | actualuse=Used by several scientific stations and projects in Antarctica; also sees some use over [[.hm]] for government sites related to the [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]
  | restrictions=Must have physical presence in Antarctica or be a governmental organization signatory to the [[Antarctic Treaty]]
  | structure=Registrations are taken at second level
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 |}}
-'''.aq''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] (while in this case not for a country) [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Antarctica]]. It is reserved for organizations that work in Antarctica or promote the Antarctic and [[Southern Ocean]] regions. It is administered by Martino Lopez of Lopez and Associates of [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]].
+'''.aq''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Antarctica]] (itself not a country). It is derived from the French {{lang|fr|Antarctique}} and is reserved for organizations that work in Antarctica or promote the Antarctic and [[Southern Ocean]] regions. It is administered by Peter Mott of Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited from [[Christchurch]], New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/aq.html  |title=Delegation Record for .AQ |access-date=2021-07-26}}</ref>
+.aq domain names are available free of charge, and registration is granted for a period of 24 months. As a general rule, registrants are only allocated a single .aq domain name. The registry does not have a website. Registration is only possible by contacting Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-29 |title=.aq - The TLD for Antarctica |url=http://blog.park.io/articles/aq-tld-for-antarctica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426133544/http://blog.park.io/articles/aq-tld-for-antarctica/ |archive-date=2022-04-26 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=park.io}}</ref>
+<!-- On a preliminary web search, there appears to be a site present under the domain universomarvel.com.aq, although it is unclear what its purpose is or if com.aq is a second-level domain or a company offering registrations under subdomains of com.aq. -->
+== See also ==
+* [[Telecommunications in Antarctica]]
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
 == External links ==
 * [https://www.iana.org/root-whois/aq.htm IANA .aq whois information]
 * [http://blog.park.io/articles/aq-tld-for-antarctica/ FAQ for the .aq registry]
-* [http://internet.robert-scheck.de/tld-aq/ Top-Level-Domain .AQ] {{de icon}} (information site about .aq)
+* [http://internet.robert-scheck.de/tld-aq/ Top-Level-Domain .AQ] {{in lang|de}} (information site about .aq)
 {{ccTLD}}
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 [[Category:Communications in Antarctica]]
 [[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
-[[Category:Computer-related introductions in 1992]]
+[[Category:Internet properties established in 1992]]
+[[Category:1992 establishments in Antarctica]]
 {{compu-domain-stub}}
+{{Antarctica-stub}}
 [[sv:Toppdomän#A]]