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Liancourt Rocks

Geography; Countries & Territories

Liancourt Rocks (also known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan) are a group of islets 215km from mainland Korea and 250kms from Japan. Their total area is approxiamtely 187,450 sq.m. and the ...

Spratly Islands

Geography; Countries & Territories

The Spratly Islands form an archipelago of reefs, islets, atolls,islands and cays in the South China Sea off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia. Although spread over an area of more than ...

Scarborough Shoal

Geography; Countries & Territories

Scarborough Shoal (also known as Scarborough Reef, Huangyan Island and Panatag Shoal) is a group of very small islands, rocks and reefs in the South China Sea, located between the Macclesfield Bank - ...

Croatia

Geography; Countries & Territories

A country of southern Europe along the northeast Adriatic coast. It was settled by Croats in the 7th century, became a kingdom in the 10th century, and reached the height of its power in the 11th ...

South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands

Geography; Countries & Territories

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a ...

British Indian Ocean Territory

Geography; Countries & Territories

Located in the Indian Ocean, the British Indian Ocean Territory is United Kingdom territory comprised of 1000 islands situated halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The islands have a total ...

United States

Geography; Countries & Territories

The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is ...