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One border placed Bir Tawil under the Sudan's control and the Halaib Triangle under Egypt's; the other border did the reverse. Each country asserts the border that would give it the much larger Halaib Triangle, to the east, which is adjacent to the Red Sea , with the side effect that Bir Tawil is unclaimed by either country (each claims the ...
Cuesta – Hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other; Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills; Dell – Small secluded hollow; Doab, also known as Interfluve – Land between two converging, or confluent, rivers
It is claimed that the Jolly Roger was part of a flag signal combination, comprising a "black flag", i.e. the Jolly Roger, and a "red flag", often called a bloody flag. The "black flag" signaled that " quarter " would be given if the target surrendered their cargo/valuables, meaning that all enemies will be guaranteed mercy after surrender or ...
A unit of area traditionally defined as the area of a plot of land one chain (66 feet) by one furlong (660 feet), equivalent to 43,560 square feet (0.001563 sq mi; 4,047 m 2), or about 0.40 hectare. active volcano A volcano that is currently erupting, or one that has erupted within the last 10,000 years (the Holocene) or during recorded history ...
The Red Ensign is likely to have been chosen as Bermuda's land flag due to Canadian influence. (For the first half of the 20th century, Canada made use of the Red Ensign defaced with the Canadian shield as an unofficial land flag.) Bermuda's 2002 shipping legislation officially recognises the flag as an ensign for Bermudian registered ships.
Red flag warnings are usually only issued during the spring and fall fire weather seasons, from Feb. 15 to April 30 and from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, says the National Weather Service.
The wider area is also known as a "spacecraft cemetery" because hundreds of decommissioned satellites, space stations, and other spacecraft have been made to fall there upon re-entering the atmosphere, to lessen the risk of hitting inhabited locations [27] or maritime traffic. The International Space Station (ISS) is planned to crash into Point ...
In Liberia, squatting is one of three ways to access land, the other being ownership by deed or customary ownership. [23] West Point was founded in Monrovia in the 1950s and is estimated to house between 29,500 and 75,000 people. [24]