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'Border' checkpoint near Strovilia United Kingdom Northern Cyprus: Northern Cyprus controls and administers the border checkpoint near Strovilia. UK's claim in regard to its Sovereign Base Areas. This also involves Cyprus; the checkpoint is partially on UN-administered land, and Cyprus claims all of the island. (See: Europe) Taiwan and Penghu
That eastern point of the straight line was near Ellicott mound, which was erected in 1799 at "about 30° 34' N." [2] Georgia claimed that the headwaters of the St. Mary's River were at the source of the southern branch, some 30 miles or nearly 50 kilometers south, at Lake Spalding or Lake Randolph. If upheld, Georgia would have obtained ...
This was one of the causes of the Mexican–American War of 1846–47 (another being the western land aspirations of the U.S. coupled with the refusal by the United Mexican States to sell its territory to the U.S.). After the American victory in that war, the Mexican government recognized American sovereignty over the disputed Texan lands and ...
O'Hare Airport is municipally connected to the city of Chicago via a narrow strip of land, approximately 200 feet wide, along Foster Avenue from the Des Plaines River to the airport. This land was annexed in the 1950s to assure the airport was contiguous with the city to keep it under city control.
Land and Great Lakes border defined by the 1783 Treaty of Paris, 1794 Jay Treaty, Treaty of 1818, 1842 Webster–Ashburton Treaty and 1846 Oregon Treaty (all with the United Kingdom). Alaska: Canada: Land, near-shore, and EEZ Canada–United States border - disputed in the Arctic Ocean and Pacific Ocean (British Columbia).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican governor of Texas on Friday announced plans to build a military "base camp" in the city of Eagle Pass near the U.S.-Mexico border as part of efforts to stop ...
1984 — The Iraq–Jordan border is revised, creating the border of 6 straight lines. 1990 May 22 — North Yemen unites with South Yemen. 1990 August 2 — Kuwait annexed by Iraq; 1991 February 27 — Kuwait is liberated from Iraq; Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone is officially recognized as being disbanded, it had been de facto disbanded ...