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3 3 3 Georgia Russia Turkey: Adélie Land [c] [d] 2 1 1 Australian Antarctic Territory [c] (2) Afghanistan † 0 0 0 Akrotiri and Dhekelia [e] (United Kingdom) 10 3 3 Cyprus (8) Egypt Lebanon Albania: 3 3 3 Greece Italy (T) [t 1] Montenegro Algeria: 4 4 4 Italy Morocco Spain Tunisia (T) American Samoa [f] (United States) 5
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.
[2] [3] It is also close to the distance to the visible horizon as observed from sea level by a person about six feet tall, so is the limit of what is visible from land. Since the mid-20th century, numerous nations have claimed territorial waters well beyond the traditional three-mile limit.
Independence referendums occurred on 4 November 2018 (56.4% voting against and 43.6% voting in favor), as well as on 4 October 2020 (53.3% voting against and 46.7% voting in favor). A third and final one held in December 2021 rejected independence (96.5% voting against and 3.5% voting in favor).
Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one island in an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the contiguous United States.The islands are scattered such that Kiribati has territory located in each of the four hemispheres.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), [b] [11] is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. [12]
[3] [4] It has an area of 3 hectares (0.03 km 2; 7.4 acres) and is an unincorporated territory of the United States [5] in Oceania. [5] The reef is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as the Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge. It was claimed by the US in 1859 and later used briefly as a stopover for commercial Pacific ...
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.