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The government of the United States having insisted, and continuing to insist, through its regular executive authority, that the Falkland Islands do not constitute any part of the dominions within the sovereignty of Buenos Ayres, and that the seal fishery at those islands is a trade free and lawful to the citizens of the United States, and ...
Dominica abandoned the claim to the island in 2007, but continues to claim the adjacent seas, as do some neighboring states. Atacama border dispute Bolivia Chile: 1879 1904 Guaíra Falls Brazil Paraguay: 1872 1982 The disputed islands were submerged by the reservoir of Itaipú. Chamizal dispute United States Mexico: 1898 1963
Map of the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands have a land area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km 2 ) and a coastline estimated at 800 mi (1,300 km). [ 104 ] The archipelago consists of two main islands, West Falkland and East Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. [ 105 ]
Spratly Islands ~56,000 1982: 1982: Falklands War Argentina v. United Kingdom: Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 904 1984: 2022: Whisky War Denmark v. Canada: Hans Island: 0 1984: 1987: Siachen conflict Pakistan v. India: Siachen Glacier ~2,400 1985: 1985: Agacher Strip War Burkina Faso v. Mali: Agacher Strip: 140 ...
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The Falkland Islands had been the subject of a sovereignty dispute almost since they were first settled in 1764, between Great Britain and the later United Kingdom on one side, and successively France, Spain, and the United Provinces of the River Plate (later Argentina) on the other.
Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (1 C, 5 P) Falklands War (12 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Territorial disputes of Argentina" The following 14 pages are in this ...
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...