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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.
Info from Image:Map of Sealand.png. Map of Sealand This is a map of the coast of England near Ipswich, showing the location of Sealand. The boundaries of the territorial water of the United Kingdom are also drawn, both the 3 nautical mile limit (5.556km) before 1987 and the 12nm limit (22.22km) after 1987. The same radii are also given around ...
English: Originally by User:Chris 73; redone in svg by User:Indolences. This is a map of the coast of England near Ipswich, showing the location of Sealand. The boundaries of the territorial water of the United Kingdom are also drawn, both the 3 nautical mile limit (5.556km) before 1987 and the 12nm limit (22.22km) after 1987.
Bates took this as de facto recognition of his country and seven years later issued a constitution, flag, and national anthem, among other things, for the Principality of Sealand (founded on 2 September 1967). In 1978, a German businessman, along with some other Germans and Dutchmen invaded Roughs Tower but Bates recaptured it and finally ...
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He instead declared the independence of Fort Roughs and declared it the Principality of Sealand. [29] [30] Bates died in 2012, and Michael Bates has since succeeded him as Prince of Sealand. [31] Operation Atlantis was a project started in 1968 by Werner Stiefel, aiming to establish a new, libertarian nation in international waters via ...
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