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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 ...
Border War United States v. Mexico: Mexico–United States border region: 100+ 1932: 1935: Chaco War Bolivia v. Paraguay: Northern Gran Chaco ~100,000 1938: 1938: Battle of Lake Khasan Soviet Union v. Japan: Manchukuo–Soviet Union border region ~1,300 1939: 1939: Slovak–Hungarian War Slovakia v. Hungary: Eastern Slovakia: 69 1939: 1939 ...
Following arbitration, a demarcated border was established in 1905 following the Arbitral Award of 1899 but was later contested by Venezuela in 1962 following the publication of the Mallet-Prevost memorandum. The crisis was renewed recently following the discovery of oil deposits. Arroyo de la Invernada or Rincón de Artigas and Vila Albornoz ...
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The northern border is more than 5,000 miles long, double the length of the southern border, and is experiencing a record surge in migrant encounters. US border with Canada faces crisis amid ...
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.
U.S. authorities stopped migrants 251,487 times along the Mexican border in December, up 7% from 234,896 times in November and up 40% from 179,253 times in December 2021, Customs and Border ...
The main treaty was opened for signature on 1 December 1959, and officially entered into force on 23 June 1961. [4] The original signatories were the 12 countries active in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957–58: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [1]