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  2. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union [a] that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories. This list includes three measurements of area:

  3. Territorial claims in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories; however, a number of such facilities are located outside of the area claimed by their ...

  4. Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).

  5. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,191 km 2 (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones , and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations .

  6. The world’s biggest national park is larger than most countries

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    Larger than Delaware and roughly the same size as Wales, Yellowstone was considered huge when it became the world’s first national park in 1872. ... the Antarctic Treaty nations signed a new ...

  7. Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia is a highly urbanised country, with 16 of its population centres having more than 1 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and its cultural capital. The East Slavs emerged as a recognised group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE.

  8. List of countries by length of coastline - Wikipedia

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    [Note 1] This "magnifying" effect is greater for convoluted coastlines than for relatively smooth ones. Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories, from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ...

  9. Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections - AOL

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    Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing.