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The Principality of Sealand (/ ˈ s iː ˌ l æ n d /) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), [2] an offshore platform in the North Sea.It is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately 11 kilometres (6 nmi) from the coast of Suffolk and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) from the coast of Essex.
At the time, the fort was international waters. In 1978, Germany sent a diplomat to Sealand to negotiate with Bates for the release of a German citizen who claimed to be Sealand's prime minister, and had led a failed attack on the fort. Bates would thereafter claim that the dispatching of the emissary constituted recognition of Sealand by Germany.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
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A print of Friso, the legendary founder of Frisia, by Pieter Feddes van Harlingen (c. 1619). According to a medieval Frisian historiographical work, the Gesta-cycle, [b] after Thomas the Apostle traveled to Christianize India, God led three Christian brothers – Friso, Saxo, and Bruno – from their native home, called Fresia, [c] in northern India to northern Europe.
A micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are classified separately from de facto states and quasi-states ; they are also not considered to be autonomous or self-governing as they lack the ...
English: Originally by User:Chris 73; redone in svg by User:Indolences. This is a map of the coast of England near Ipswich, showing the location of Sealand. The boundaries of the territorial water of the United Kingdom are also drawn, both the 3 nautical mile limit (5.556km) before 1987 and the 12nm limit (22.22km) after 1987.
Info from Image:Map of Sealand.png. Map of Sealand This is a map of the coast of England near Ipswich, showing the location of Sealand. The boundaries of the territorial water of the United Kingdom are also drawn, both the 3 nautical mile limit (5.556km) before 1987 and the 12nm limit (22.22km) after 1987. The same radii are also given around ...