It might be hard to believe that in the year AD 2010, there is still land that remains unclaimed by any nation. But such is the case. Via Neatorama:
Marie Byrd Land and Bir Tawil Triangle are the only
two land areas on Earth not claimed by any country.Marie Byrd
Land is a portion of Antarctica so remote that no country in the
world bothered to claim it. It’s the single largest unclaimed territory
on Earth.
Bir Tawil Triangle
likely has no owner because of some administrative snafu. First of all,
despite of its name, it’s not a triangle at all. In fact, it has a
trapezoidal shape. In 1899, when the British drew the map between Egypt
and Sudan, Bir Tawil was put in Sudan’s territory (which Egypt
accepted). However, in 1902, when Sudan drew its own map, it put Bir
Tawil on the Egyptian side! So far, neither country bothered to lay
claim to this patch of land.It was no big loss, however, as Bir Tawil is full of sand and a whole
lot of nothing.
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