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If you discovered an island could you claim your own sovereignty or would your home country gain sovereignty?
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∙ 13y ago
You could technically declare sovereignty, but your home country would simply claim it over you; the island would become part of your home country, as you have no means of overruling them.
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What country controls the Falkland Islands of the coast of South America?
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In the middle east Jews and Arabs claim what?
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Can you claim a deserted island?
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What large island near China does China claim as thiers?
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Can you look up a claim?
Claim for what and which country?
What country did Christoper Columbus claim?
He landed on one of the islands in the Bahamas and there was no country there for him to claim.
What country borders on no other country?
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Who was claim or control of this continent?
No country has claim to Antarctica
