location about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in ... www.exxun.com/Norway/b_mp.html
location strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil www.exxun.com/Oman/b_mp.html
location strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean www.exxun.com/Panama/b_mp.html
location lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/b_mp.html
location important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and ... www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/b_mp.html
location strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits www.exxun.com/Qatar/b_mp.html
location ... GDP in Central Europe, Slovenia has excellent infrastructure, a well-educated work force, and a strategic location between the Balkans and Western Europe. Privatization has lagged since 2002, and the economy has ... www.exxun.com/Slovenia/e_ec.html
location strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; on 2 April 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 ... www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/b_mp.html
location strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
location ... Somalia (20,000), Burundi (6,500), and other states in Africa (26,000); managed dispute with Namibia over the location of the boundary in the Orange River; in 2006, Swazi king advocates resort to ICJ ... www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/i_ti.html
location strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar www.exxun.com/Spain/b_mp.html
location lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/b_mp.html
location strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes www.exxun.com/SriLanka/b_mp.html
location lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m www.exxun.com/Suriname/b_mp.html
location strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas www.exxun.com/Sweden/b_mp.html
location lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m www.exxun.com/Syria/b_mp.html
location strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait www.exxun.com/Taiwan/b_mp.html
location lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m www.exxun.com/Tokelau/b_mp.html
location lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
location strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration www.exxun.com/Tunisia/b_mp.html
location strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's Ark, is in the far eastern ... www.exxun.com/Turkey/b_mp.html
location lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
location strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
location ... North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
location ... point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less than 2 ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
location important location along the Anegada Passage - a key shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the Caribbean www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/b_mp.html
location strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/b_mp.html
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