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The second number is the total number of distinct countries or territories that the country or territory borders. 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.
Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.
The Antarctic hosts the world's largest protected area comprising 1.07 million km 2, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protection Area created in 2012. [13] The latter exceeds the surface area of another vast protected territory, the Greenland National Park 's 972,000 km 2 (375,000 sq mi). [ 14 ] (
Antarctic Peninsula map Location of the Antarctic Peninsula within Antarctica. The Antarctic Peninsula is part of the larger peninsula of West Antarctica, protruding 1,300 km (810 miles) from a line between Cape Adams (Weddell Sea) and a point on the mainland south of the Eklund Islands. Beneath the ice sheet that covers it, the Antarctic ...
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique (' opposite to the Arctic ') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus (' opposite to the north ').
Location Notes Clipperton Island – – – 2 [26] Overseas state private property North Pacific Ocean: French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Adélie Land: Dumont d'Urville Station: 432,000 [27] Overseas territory: Antarctica: Under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty. Crozet Islands: Alfred Faure: 340 [27] Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands: Port ...
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.
In 1976, the territory of Macau was recognized as the "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" and was granted more administrative, financial and economic autonomy. Three years later, Portugal and China agreed to rename Macau once again as a "Chinese territory under (temporary) Portuguese administration".