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The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [ 1 ] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders.
Cassini projection of the world Cassini projection with 1,000 km indicatrices Cassini projection of the world modeled as a highly oblate ellipsoid with flattening 1:2 (= eccentricity √ 3 ⁄ 2) The Cassini projection (also sometimes known as the Cassini–Soldner projection or Soldner projection [ 1 ] ) is a map projection first described in ...
Cassini state 1 is defined as the situation in which both the spin axis and the orbit normal axis are on the same side of the normal to the Laplace plane. Cassini state 2 is defined as the case in which the spin axis and the orbit normal axis are on opposite sides of the normal to the Laplace plane. [6] Earth's Moon is in Cassini state 2.
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas.The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas.
Meridian Room (or Cassini Room) at the Paris Observatory, 61 avenue de l'Observatoire (14th arrondissement). The Paris meridian is traced on the floor. The Paris meridian is traced on the floor. The Paris meridian is a meridian line running through the Paris Observatory in Paris, France – now longitude 2°20′14.02500″ East.
This is a list of all three-country tripoints on land or internal waters. Many of the coordinates listed below are only approximate. Many of the coordinates listed below are only approximate. As of 2020, there are 175 international tripoints.
The list encompasses adjacent maritime nations and territories with a special focus on the boundaries or borders which distinguish them. For purposes of this list, " maritime boundary " includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , which includes boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous ...
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. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.