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This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data.Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1]
Swains Island, annexed: 1925: 0.94: 2.43-----[7] Kanton Island and Enderbury Island, joint occupation with Britain (Independent as Republic of Kiribati in 1979) 1938: 6.5: 16.8----- Water Island, by purchase from the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company based in Denmark (which at the time was under German occupation) 1944: 0.8: 2.0 ...
The Shelikhov-Golikov Company formed the basis for the Russian-American Company (RAC). Its charter was laid out in a 1799, by the new Tsar Paul I, which granted the company monopolistic control over trade in the Aleutian Islands and the North America mainland, south to 55° north latitude.
The islands extend about 275 miles (440 km). The total land area of all islands (including the Delarof Islands) is 1,515.349 sq mi (3,924.737 km 2). The total population was 412 persons as of the 2000 census, the vast majority in the city of Adak on Adak Island. Map of the Andreanof Islands.
Google.cn also shows Taiwan and the South China Sea Islands as part of China. Google Ditu's street map coverage of Taiwan no longer omits major state organs, such as the Presidential Palace, the five Yuans, and the Supreme Court. [142] [additional citation(s) needed] Feature-wise, google.cn/maps does not feature My Maps.
After the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia, from 1867 to 1877, it was a U.S. military post. Later, it became an outfitting point for hunters and explorers, and for miners using the Stikine River route to the Yukon. The island contains the city of Wrangell, Alaska. Wrangell Island is heavily forested and contains an abundance of wildlife.
Everyone loves Google Maps... except China. Google seems to have locked down the U.S. mapping market; Google Maps won the distinction of being App Store's No. 1 free app just seven hours after its ...
Attu (Aleut: Atan, [1] Russian: Атту) is an island in the Near Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands chain). It is one of the westernmost points of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited in 2010, making it the largest uninhabited island that is part of the United States politically. [2]