Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Bir Tawil

It is said to be the only other land not claimed by any countries, even Sudan and Egypt, which are the neighborhoods of this piece of land. The view from Google Map shows that it is of something like a "dead" color, not attractive in any sense. (location: 21°57′56″N 33°48′05″E)

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By the way, Bir Tawil is also what is called "8 More Strange Places on Planet Earth" by a matadornetwork post. They are: 1. The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, 2. Derweze – the Door to Hell, 3. The Principality of Sealand, 4. Bouvet Island, 5. Bir Tawil, 6. The Zilov Gap, 7. Mount Thor, 8. Mir Mine.
Among them, the 3rd one, The Principality of Sealand is the most interesting one, being a country in itself, or having been operated as its own country, with its own domain (http://www.sealandgov.org/).

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