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Bir Tawil (Egyptian Arabic: بير طويل, romanized: Bīr Ṭawīl, lit. 'tall water well', [biːɾ tˤɑˈwiːl] ) is a 2,060 km 2 (795.4 sq mi) area of land along the border between Egypt and Sudan , which is uninhabited and claimed by neither country.
Topographic map of Bir Tawil (outlined in red) Bir Tawil is a landlocked tract of land lying between Egypt and Sudan that, owing to the nature of a border dispute between the two countries, is claimed by neither. Due to its status as de jure unclaimed territory, a number of individuals and organizations have attempted to claim it as a ...
Between Egypt and the Sudan is the 2,060 km 2 (800 sq mi) landlocked territory of Bir Tawil, which was created by a discrepancy between borders drawn in 1899 and 1902. One border placed Bir Tawil under the Sudan's control and the Halaib Triangle under Egypt's; the other border did the reverse.
Map of the Halaib Triangle and Bir Tawil from 1912 The Halaib Triangle has been under Egyptian administration since mid-1990. This map is colored from the Sudanese perspective Although this map of Sudan depicts the Halaib Triangle as part of the country, Sudan does not exercise its jurisdiction over the area Simplified map showing Egypt's claim (yellow and green), Sudan's claim (blue and green ...
Besides the Wadi Halfa Salient, there are two more areas where the administrative border deviated from the 22nd degree north of latitude, both to the east of Wadi Halfa: the Halaib Triangle on the Red Sea coast, north of the original 1899 border, and the much smaller area around Bir Tawil, south of the original border.
Disputed territory occupied by Eritrea following withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers in June 2017. [5] [6] Alternatively transliterated as the Dumaira Mountains. [5] Glorioso Islands France Madagascar Comoros: De facto a part of the French overseas territory of the French Southern Territories. Hala'ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Egypt Sudan [7]
Gabal Hagar El Zarqa (Arabic: جَـبَـل حَـجَـر الـزَّرْقَـاء, romanized: Jabal Ḥajar az-Zarqā’) [1] is the highest point in Bir Tawil, an unclaimed area in the Nubian desert between Egypt and Sudan [2] in Northeast Africa.
Egypt / Bir Tawil border Bir Tawil is not claimed by any country. Hala'ib Triangle / Sudan border The Hala'ib Triangle is a disputed territory claimed by both Egypt and Sudan - Egypt controls the territory.