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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.
Micronations are aspirant states that claim independence but lack legal recognition by world governments or major international organisations. [5] [6] Micronations are classified separately from states with limited recognition and quasi-states, nor are they considered to be autonomous or self-governing as they lack the legal basis in international law for their existence. [7]
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.
Michael Roy Bates, self-styled as Prince Michael of Sealand, is an English businessman and self-published author. He operates a self-proclaimed and unrecognized micronation [ 1 ] called the Principality of Sealand , which he inherited from his parents Paddy Roy Bates and Joan Bates .
The Principality of Sealand, a micronation formed on a decommissioned sea fort near Suffolk, England [10] The unrecognised, self-declared micronation of Sealand, at the bay of the Thames Estuary, based on an abandoned United Kingdom military sea fort. [6] Smaller floating islands in protected waters, such as Richart Sowa's Spiral Island
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he ...
Sealand Michigan in May 2007. Sea-Land was founded by Malcom McLean as the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation. [2] This process offered companies significant time and cost savings that facilitated distribution and expanded international trade.
It is an integrated part of our country,” Vistisen said. A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and a Greenland map are seen in this illustration taken Jan. 15, 2025.