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  2. List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries

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    In this instance, if the country or territory shares two or more maritime boundaries with the same country or territory and the boundaries are unconnected, the boundaries are only counted once. The final number is the total number of unique sovereign states [a] that the country or territory shares a maritime boundary with.

  3. Halaib Triangle - Wikipedia

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    The Halaib Triangle is an area of land measuring 20,580 square kilometres (7,950 sq mi) located on the Northeast African coast of the Red Sea.The area, which takes its name from the town of Halaib, is created by the difference in the Egypt–Sudan border between the "political boundary" set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, which runs along the 22nd parallel north, and the ...

  4. List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders

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    Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets.

  5. Geography of Kiribati - Wikipedia

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    Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one island in an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the contiguous United States.The islands are scattered such that Kiribati has territory located in each of the four hemispheres.

  6. Maritime boundary - Wikipedia

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    A boundary is a line. The terms "frontier", "borderland" and "border" are zones of indeterminate width. Such areas form the outermost part of a country. Borders are bounded on one side by a national boundary. [7] There are variations in the specific terminology of maritime boundary agreements which have been concluded since the 1970s.

  7. Crown Dependencies - Wikipedia

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    The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.

  8. Antarctic Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula south of 63° S, precipitation ranges from 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in). In comparison, the subantarctic islands have precipitation of 100–200 cm (39–79 in) per year and the dry interior of Antarctica is a virtual desert with only 10 cm (3.9 in) precipitation per year. [20]

  9. Marie Byrd Land - Wikipedia

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    Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.With an area of 1,610,000 km 2 (620,000 sq mi), it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th century.