Cuontries by Continent

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Classification according to United Nations geoscheme

Main article: United Nations geoscheme

In this list, the sovereign states and dependent territories are classified according to the geoscheme created by

the United Nations Statistics Division.[1] According to the UN, the assignment of countries or areas to specific

groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumptionregarding political or other affiliation of

countries or territories.[2]

[edit]Africa

Main articles:Africa andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

Further information: Geography of Africa

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa with geographical data such as area, population,

and population density, seehere.

Flag Name Capital Status

A

lgeria

Algiers

Angola Luanda

BeninPorto-Novo (official)

Cotonou (seat of government)

Botswana Gaborone

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou

Burundi Bujumbura

Cameroon Yaound

Cape Verde Praia

Central African Republic Bangui

Chad N'Djamena

Comoros Moroni

Congo, Democratic Republic

of (Congo-Kinshasa) Kinshasa

Congo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville)

Brazzaville

Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)Yamoussoukro (official)

Abidjan (seat of government)

Djibouti Djibouti

Egypt Cairo


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Equatorial Guinea Malabo

Eritrea Asmara

Ethiopia Addis Ababa

Gabon Libreville

Gambia Banjul

Ghana Accra

Guinea Conakry

Guinea-Bissau Bissau

Kenya Nairobi

Lesotho Maseru

Liberia Monrovia

Libya Tripoli

Madagascar Antananarivo

Malawi Lilongwe

Mali Bamako

Mauritania Nouakchott

Mauritius Port Louis

Mayotte Mamoudzou Overseas territory of France

Morocco Rabat

Mozambique Maputo

Namibia Windhoek

Niger Niamey

Nigeria Abuja

Runion Saint-Denis Overseas department of France

Rwanda Kigali

Saint Helena, Ascension and

Tristanda Cunha

Jamestown (Saint Helena)

Georgetown (Ascension Island)Overseas territory of the United Kingdom


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Edinburgh of the Seven

Seas(Tristan da Cunha)

Sao Tome and Principe So Tom

Senegal Dakar

Seychelles Victoria

Sierra Leone Freetown

Somalia Mogadishu

Somaliland Hargeisa

De facto sovereign state lacking general

international recognition

Recognized by the UN as de jure part of Somalia

South Africa

Pretoria (administrative)

Cape Town (legislative)

Bloemfontein (judicial)

Sudan Khartoum

SwazilandMbabane (administrative)

Lobamba (royal and legislative)

TanzaniaDodoma (official)Dar es Salaam (seat of

government)

Togo Lom

Tunisia Tunis

Uganda Kampala

Western Sahara El Aain (unofficial)

Disputed territory between Morocco and

the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(flagdisplayed)

Zambia Lusaka

Zimbabwe Harare

[edit]Asia

Main articles:Asia andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

See also: Eurasia andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia

Further information: Geography of Asia

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia with geographical data such as area, population, and

population density, seehere.

Note: Sovereign states and dependent territories which are also often considered as belonging to Europe are marked

with[Europe]

.


Abkhazia[Europe] Sukhumi




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Recognized by the UN as de jure part of

Georgia

Afghanistan Kabul

Akrotiri andDhekelia[Europe] Episkopi Cantonment Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Armenia[Europe] Yerevan

Azerbaijan[Europe] Baku

Bahrain Manama

Bangladesh Dhaka

Bhutan Thimphu

British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan

Cambodia Phnom Penh

China Beijing

China, Republic of(Taiwan) Taipei




China

Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove External territory of Australia

Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island External territory of Australia

Cyprus[Europe] Nicosia

Georgia[Europe] Tbilisi

HongKong Special administrative region of China

India New Delhi

Indonesia Jakarta

Iran Tehran

Iraq Baghdad

Israel Jerusalem

Japan Tokyo

Jordan Amman

Kazakhstan Astana


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Korea, Democratic People's Republic

of(North Korea)Pyongyang

Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Seoul

Kuwait Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek

Laos Vientiane

Lebanon Beirut

Macau Special administrative region of China

MalaysiaKuala Lumpur(official)

Putrajaya (seat of government)

Maldives Mal

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw

Nagorno-Karabakh[Europe] Stepanakert




Azerbaijan

Northern Cyprus[Europe] Nicosia




Cyprus

Nepal Kathmandu

Oman Muscat

Pakistan Islamabad

Palestinian territories

Ramallah (West Bankseat of

government)

Gaza (Gaza Stripseat of

government)

Territory occupied by Israel

State of Palestine(flagdisplayed) proclaimed

on territory

Philippines Manila

Qatar Doha

Saudi Arabia Riyadh

Singapore Singapore

South Ossetia[Europe] Tskhinvali




Georgia

Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte


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Syria Damascus

Tajikistan Dushanbe

Thailand Bangkok

Timor-Leste (East Timor) Dili

Turkey[Europe]

Ankara

Turkmenistan Ashgabat

UnitedArab Emirates Abu Dhabi

Uzbekistan Tashkent

Vietnam Hanoi

Yemen Sana'a

Notes

1. Russia, classified as a European country by the United Nations Statistics Division, is generally considered as

belonging to both Asia and Europe. Geographically most of its territory is in Asia, but most of its population and also its

capital are in Europe, and it has close political and historical ties with Europe.

[edit]Europe

Main articles: Europe andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe

See also: Eurasia andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia

Further information: Geography of Europe

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe with geographical data such as area, population,



landIslands MariehamnAutonomous region of Finland (recognized byinternational treaty)

Albania Tirana

Andorra Andorra la Vella

Austria Vienna

Belarus Minsk

Belgium Brussels

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo

Bulgaria Sofia


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Croatia Zagreb

Czech Republic Prague

Denmark Copenhagen

Estonia Tallinn

Faroe Islands Trshavn Self-governing territory of Denmark

Finland Helsinki

France Paris

Germany Berlin

Gibraltar Gibraltar Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Greece Athens

Guernsey Saint Peter Port Crown dependency of the United Kingdom

Hungary Budapest

Iceland Reykjavk

Ireland Dublin

Isle of Man Douglas Crown dependency of the United Kingdom

Italy Rome

Jersey Saint Helier Crown dependency of the United Kingdom

Kosovo Pristina

De facto sovereign state lacking general international

recognitionRecognized by the UN as de jure part of Serbia

Latvia Riga

Liechtenstein Vaduz

Lithuania Vilnius

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Macedonia Skopje

Malta Valletta

Moldova Chiinu

Monaco Monaco


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Montenegro Podgorica

Netherlands

Amsterdam (official)

The Hague (seat of

government)

Norway Oslo

Poland Warsaw

Portugal Lisbon

Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Tiraspol

De facto sovereign state lacking general international

recognition

Recognized by the UN as de jure part of Moldova

Romania Bucharest

Russia Moscow

San Marino San Marino

Serbia Belgrade

Slovakia Bratislava

Slovenia Ljubljana

Spain Madrid

Svalbard LongyearbyenSpecial territory of Norway (recognized by international

treaty)

Sweden Stockholm

Switzerland Bern

Ukraine Kiev

United Kingdom London

Vatican City Vatican City

Notes

1. The following sovereign states and dependent territories are also often considered as belonging to Europe:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, and Turkey, classified as Asian countries by the

United Nations Statistics Division, are also often considered as belonging toEurope, since geographically they are

either partly in Europe or in the vicinity of Europe(for the geographical boundaries between Asia and Europe,

see here), and they have close political and historical ties with Europe.


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Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, and South Ossetia, all sovereign states

lacking general international recognition, are also often considered as belonging to Europe, as they are recognized

by the UN as de jure part of a country listed above.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are also often considered as belonging to Europe, as they are geographically surrounded

by Cyprus.

[edit]North America

Main articles: North America andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America

See also:Americas andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas

Further information: Geography of North America

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America with geographical data such as area,

population, and population density, seehere.


Anguilla The Valley Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's

Aruba OranjestadConstituent country of the Kingdom of the

Netherlands

Bahamas Nassau

Barbados Bridgetown

Belize Belmopan

Bermuda Hamilton Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Bonaire Kralendijk Special municipality of the Netherlands

British Virgin Islands Road Town Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Canada Ottawa

Cayman Islands George Town Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Clipperton Island Overseas territory of France

Costa Rica San Jos

Cuba Havana

Curaao Willemstad Constituent country of the Kingdom of the

Netherlands

Dominica Roseau

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

El Salvador San Salvador


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Greenland Nuuk Self-governing territory of Denmark

Grenada Saint George's

Guadeloupe Basse-Terre Overseas department of France

Guatemala Guatemala City

Haiti Port-au-Prince

Honduras Tegucigalpa

Jamaica Kingston

Martinique Fort-de-France Overseas department of France

Mexico Mexico City

Montserrat

Plymouth (official)

Brades (seat of

government)

Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Navassa Island Insular area of the United States

Nicaragua Managua

Panama Panama City

Puerto Rico San Juan Insular area of the United States

Saba The Bottom Special municipality of the Netherlands

SaintBarthlemy Gustavia Overseas territory of France

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre

Saint Lucia Castries

Saint Martin Marigot Overseas territory of France

SaintPierre andMiquelon Saint-Pierre Overseas territory of France

Saint Vincent and the

GrenadinesKingstown

Sint Eustatius Oranjestad Special municipality of the Netherlands

Sint Maarten Philipsburg Constituent country of the Kingdom of the

Netherlands

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain

Turks andCaicos Islands Cockburn Town Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

United States Washington, D.C.


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UnitedStates Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie Insular area of the United States

[edit]South America

Main articles: South America andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America

See also:Americas andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas

Further information: Geography of South America

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America with geographical data such as area,population, and population density, seehere.


Argentina Buenos Aires

Bolivia Sucre (official)

La Paz (seat of government)

Brazil Braslia

Chile Santiago

Colombia Bogot

Ecuador Quito

FalklandIslands Stanley Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

FrenchGuiana Cayenne Overseas department of France

Guyan

a Georgetown

Paraguay Asuncin

Peru Lima

Suriname Paramaribo

Uruguay Montevideo

Venezuela Caracas

[edit]Oceania

Main articles: Oceania andList of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania

See also:Australia (continent) andPacific Islands

Further information: Geography of Oceania

For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania with geographical data such as area, population,



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AmericanSamoa Pago Pago Insular area of the United States

Ashmore andCartier

Islands External territory of Australia

Australia Canberra

Baker Island Insular area of the United States

Cook Islands AvaruaTerritory in free association with New

Zealand

CoralSea Islands External territory of Australia

Fiji Suva

FrenchPolynesia Papeete Overseas territory of France

Guam Hagta Insular area of the United States

HowlandIsland Insular area of the United States

Jarvis Island Insular area of the United States

Johnston Atoll Insular area of the United States

KingmanReef Insular area of the United States

Kiribati South Tarawa

Marshall Islands Majuro

Micronesia Palikir

Midway Atoll Insular area of the United States

Nauru Yaren (seat of government)

New Caledonia Nouma Overseas territory of France

New Zealand Wellington

Niue Alofi Territory in free association with New

Zealand

Norfolk Island Kingston External territory of Australia

Northern Mariana Islands Saipan Insular area of the United States

Palau Melekeok

Palmyra Atoll Insular area of the United States

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

Pitcairn Islands Adamstown Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Samoa Apia


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SolomonIslands Honiara

Tokelau (each atoll has its own administrative

centre)Dependent territory of New Zealand

Tonga Nuku alofa Tuvalu Funafuti

Vanuatu Port Vila

Wake Island Insular area of the United States

Wallis andFutuna Mata-Utu Overseas territory of France

[edit]Antarctica

Main article:Antarctica

Further information: Geography of Antarctica

Antarctica is regulated by theAntarctic Treaty System, which defines it as all land and ice shelves south of60S, and

has no government and belongs to no country. However, the following territorial claims in Antarctica have been made:

Argentina:Argentine Antarctica

Australia:Australian Antarctic Territory

Brazil: Brazilian Antarctica (unofficial)

Chile:Antrtica

France:Adlie Land

New Zealand: Ross Dependency

Norway: Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land

United Kingdom: British Antarctic Territory

(Unclaimed: Marie Byrd Land)

Moreover, the following dependent territories are situated in the widerAntarctic Region:


Bouvet Island Dependent territory of Norway

FrenchSouthern Territories

Alfred Faure (Crozet Islands)

Port-aux-Franais (Kerguelen Islands)

Martin-de-Vivis (Saint

Paul and AmsterdamIslands)

Overseas territory of France

HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands External territory of Australia

SouthGeorgia andthe South

Sandwich IslandsKing Edward Point

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

[edit]Geographical boundaries of continents

Main article: Borders of the continents

In this section, the geographical boundaries of the continents are used to divide the world into continents, where

differences from the previous list according to the United Nations geoschemeare noted.


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zerbaijan: Asia, southof thea

reaterCaucasuswatershed; to thenorth, Europeb

verysmall area).

Georgia: Asia, southof thec

reaterCaucasuswatershed; to thenorth, Europed

verysmall area).

Russia: Europe, northof thee

reaterCaucasuswatershed; to thesouth, Asiafverysmall area).

Considering theCaucasusdefinition that follows theg

eso-Caucaso, markedby theh

ionih

iverand theKurah

iverffrom

ibilision), asaboundarybetweenAsiaandEurope, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

p

zerbaijan: Asia, southof the Kura

q

iver; to thenorth, Europe. Georgia: Asia, southof the

r

ionir

iverand the Kurar

ivers

fromt

bilisi on); to thenorth, Europe.

Considering theCaucasusdefinition that follows theKuma-Manychu

epression, markedby theKumar

iverand

theManychr

iver, asaboundarybetweenAsiaandEurope, the followingchange from theprevious list occurs:

Russia: Europe, northof the Kumav

iverand theManychv

iver; to thesouth, Asia.

w

houghveryrare, considering theCaucasusdefinition that follows thewatershedof thex

esserCaucasusof

theCaucasusMountainsasaboundarybetweenAsiaandEurope, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

y

rmenia: Europe; isolatedspots in thesouth in Asia.

zerbaijan: Europe; isolatedspots in thesouth in Asia.

Georgia: Europe; isolatedspots in thesouth in Asia.

Iran: Asia; isolatedspots in thenorthwest in Europe.

Turkey: Asia; isolatedspots in thenortheast in Europe.

[edit]Continentalshelfsof siaand Europe

Considering thecontinental shelfsofAsiaandEurope, the followingchange from theprevious list occurs:

Greece: Europe

includingCrete, theIonian Islands, theCyclades, andnearmainland reek islands); theAegean

Islands, theDodecanese, andnearby islands in Asia.[edit]Boundariesbetween siaand North merica

Foradetaileddescriptionof thegeographical

oundaries

eteen Asiaand

orth A

erica, seehere.

[edit]Continentalshelfsof siaand North merica

Considering thecontinental shelfsofAsiaand

orth America, the followingchange from theprevious list occurs:

UnitedStates:

orth America; the

ear IslandsandSt.

awrence Island in Asia.

[edit]Boundariesbetween Europe and North merica


oundaries

et

een Europeand

orth A

erica, seehere.

[edit]Mid-AtlanticRidge

Thoughveryrare, considering theMid-Atlantic

idgeasaboundarybetweenEuropeand

orth America, the following

change from theprevious list occurs:

Iceland: Europe, east of theMid-Atlantic

idge; to thewest,

orth America.

Portugal: Europe

includingSoMiguel, SantaMaria, Terceira, raciosa, So Jorge, Pico, and aialof

theAzores); loresandCorvoof the Azores in

orth America.

[edit]Boundariesbetween North andSouth America


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oundaries

eteen

orthandSouth A

erica, seehere.

[edit]PanamaCanal

Considering thePanamaCanalasaboundarybetweenj

orthandSouth America, the followingchange from the

previous list occurs:

Panama:k

orth America, west of the PanamaCanal; to theeast, South America.

[edit]ContinentalshelfsofNorth andSouth America Considering thecontinental shelfsof

k

orthandSouth America, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

Aruba: South America.

Bonaire: South America.

Colombia: South America; theArchipelagoof San Andres, Providenciaand SantaCatalina inl

orth America.

Curaao: South America.

TrinidadandTobago : South America.

Venezuela: South America; Isla Aves in m orth America.

[edit]BoundariesofOceania

Foradetaileddescriptionof thegeographicaln

oundariesofo

ceania, seehere.

[edit]Asia-Australasiadivisions

Considering the Asia-Australasiadivision that follows theanthropologicMelanesian

ineasaboundary

betweenAsiaandOceania, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

Indonesia: Asia includingBorneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Sumba, and lores); theMaluku

Islands, Buru, Seram, Timor, andNew

uinea in Oceania.

Timor-Leste: Oceania.

Considering the Asia-Australasiadivision that follows thezoologicWallaceineasaboundary

betweenAsiaandOceania, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

Indonesia: AsiaincludingBorneo, Sumatra, Java, andBali); Sulawesi, Sumba,

lores, theMaluku

Islands, Buru, Seram, Timor, andNew

uinea in Oceania.


Thoughveryrare, considering theMalay Archipelagoasbeingpart ofOceania, the followingchanges from the

previous list occur:

Brunei: Oceania.

Indonesia: Oceania.

Malaysia: Asia;

abuan, Sarawak, andSabah in Oceania.

Philippines: Oceania.

Singapore: Oceania.


[edit]PacificIslands

Consideringall Pacific Islandsasbeingpart ofOceania, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:


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Chile: South America; Easter IslandandSalay

mez in Oceania.

ClippertonIsland: Oceania

Japan: Asia; the Bird Islandsz

OkinotorishimaandMinamitorishima) in Oceania.

UnitedStates: North America; { awaii in Oceania.

[edit]BoundariesofAntarctica

Foradetaileddescriptionof thegeographical|

oundariesof Antarctica, seehere.

[edit]Sub-Antarctic islands

Consideringsub-Antarctic islandsnorthof} ~

S whichare fully integratedwith itscountry, the followingchanges from

theprevious list occur:

Australia: Oceania; Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic territory.

New Zealand: Oceania; theNew

ealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

theAntipodes Islands, theAuckland Islands,

theBounty Islands, theCampbell Islands, and theSnares Islands), sub-Antarctic territory.

South Africa: Africa; thePrince Edward Islands, sub-Antarctic territory.

[edit]Continental intergovernmental organizations

Mainarticles:

istofcontinental intergovernmentalorganizationsandContinentalunion

Thereareanumberofintergovernmental organizationswithcontinental scopeandhaving themost wideandpossibly

non-overlappingmembership:

Africa:African

nion

Asia:AsiaCooperationDialogue

Europe: Council of Europe

Not tobeconfusedwith theEuropean nion E )

Americas: Organizationof American States

South America:

nionof South AmericanNations

Oceania: Pacific Islands orum

Therefore, amemberofoneof theseorganizationsmaybeconsideredasbelonging to that particularcontinent

according topolitical criteria. Considering this, the followingchanges from theprevious list occur:

Armenia,Azerbaijan, Cyprus,

eorgia, andTurkeyaremembersof theCouncil of Europe. Inparticular, Cyprus is

aE

member, whileTurkey isacandidate.

ussia isamemberofboth theCouncil of Europeand theAsiaCooperationDialogue.

owever, ingeneral only internationallyrecognizedsovereignstatesaremembersof intergovernmental organizations,

andnot everyoneof them isamemberofoneof theorganizations listedabove.

[edit]Dependent territories

Dependent territories, throughpolitical tieswith theirmothercountries, maybeassociatedwithanothercontinent other

than itsowngeographical continent.

orexample,

rench

uiana,

uadeloupe, Martinique, and

union, all overseas

departmentsof

rance, arepart of the E

anduse theeuroas theirofficial currency. Otherdependent territoriesof

E

members, suchas

reenland, whilenot part of the E

, enjoyspecial relationshipswith the E

.


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The followingdependent territories, all of themsparsely-populated islandsremote fromcontinental mass, maybe

grouped intomore thanonecontinent, as there isnogeneral conventionas towhichcontinent theybelong to:

TheBritish Indian OceanTerritory isgeographically located in theIndian Ocean, about equidistant from Africaand

Asia. Politically theyareadministered from the

nited Kingdom, whilehistorically it ispart ofMauritius. Theymay

begrouped intoeitherAfricaorAsia.

Christmas IslandandCocos Keeling) Islandsaregeographically located in the Indian Ocean, muchcloserto Asia

than to Australia. Politically theyareadministered from Australia. Theymaybegrouped into AsiaorOceania.

Clipperton Island isgeographically located in thePacific Ocean, muchclosertoNorth America than toother

Pacific Islands. Politically theyareadministered from

rance, previously from

rench Polynesia. Theymaybe

grouped intoNorth AmericaorOceania.

The

rench SouthernTerritories, whichexclude the Antarctic territorial claimof Adlie

and, aregeographically

located in the Indian Ocean; the les parsesareclose toMadagascar, whileother islandsareapproximately

equidistant from Africa, Antarcticaand Australia. Politically it isadministered from

union. It maybegrouped into

AfricaorAntarctica.

South

eorgiaand the South Sandwich Islands isgeographically in theAtlantic Ocean, about equidistant fromSouth Americaand Antarctica. Politically it isadministered from the

alkland Islands. It maybegrouped into

South AmericaorAntarctica.

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