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Italy Google Maps

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Italy

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Italy (IT). Explore satellite imagery of Rome, the capital city of Italy, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Italy (GPS: 42 50 N, 12 50 E) is located in Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The country’s area measurements are total: 301,340 sq km; land: 294,140 sq km, water: 7,200 sq km. This sovereign state is almost twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than Arizona. The total irrigated land is 39,500 sq km (2012).

One of Italy’s essential features: Strategic location dominating the central Mediterranean and southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe.

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Jamaica Google Maps

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Jamaica

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Jamaica (JM). Explore satellite imagery of Kingston, the capital city of Jamaica, on the Google Maps of Central America and the Caribbean below.

Jamaica (GPS: 18 15 N, 77 30 W) is located in the Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba. The country’s area measurements are total: 10,991 sq km; land: 10,831 sq km, water: 160 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Connecticut. The total irrigated land is 250 sq km (2012).

One of Jamaica’s essential features: Third largest island in the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal.

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Japan Google Maps

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Japan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Japan (JP). Explore satellite imagery of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Japan (GPS: 36 00 N, 138 00 E) located in Eastern Asia, an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The country’s area measurements are total: 377,915 sq km; land: 364,485 sq km, water: 13,430 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than California. The total irrigated land is 24,690 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Japan: Strategic location in northeast Asia. They are composed of four main islands – from the north: Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest and most populous), Shikoku, and Kyushu (the “Home Islands”) – and 6,848 smaller islands and islets. Japan annually records the most earthquakes in the world. It is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire.

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Jersey Google Maps

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Jersey

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Jersey (JE). Explore satellite imagery of Saint Helier, the capital city of Jersey, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Jersey (GPS: 49 15 N, 2 10 W) is located in Western Europe, an island in the English Channel, northwest of France. The country’s area measurements are total: 116 sq km; land: 116 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the essential features of Jersey: Largest and southernmost of Channel Islands. About 30% of the population concentrated in Saint Helier.

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Jordan Google Maps

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Jordan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Jordan (JO). Explore satellite imagery of Amman, the capital city of Jordan, on the Google Maps of the Middle East below.

Jordan (GPS: 31 00 N, 36 00 E) located in Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and Iraq. The country’s area measurements are total: 89,342 sq km; land: 88,802 sq km, water: 540 sq km. This sovereign state is about three-quarters the size of Pennsylvania, slightly smaller than Indiana. The total irrigated land is 964 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Jordan: Strategic location at the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank. The Dead Sea, the lowest point in Asia, and the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lac Assal in Djibouti), lie on Jordan’s western border with Israel and the West Bank. Jordan is almost landlocked but does have a 26 km southwestern coastline with a single port, Al ‘Aqabah (Aqaba).

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Kazakhstan Google Maps

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Kazakhstan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kazakhstan (KZ). Explore satellite imagery of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Kazakhstan (GPS: 48 00 N, 68 00 E) located in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in easternmost Europe. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,724,900 sq km; land: 2,699,700 sq km, water: 25,200 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than four times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 20,660 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Kazakhstan: World’s largest landlocked country and one of only two landlocked countries in the world that extends into two continents (the other is Azerbaijan). Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome. In January 2004, Kazakhstan and Russia extended the lease to 2050.

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Kenya Google Maps

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Kenya

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kenya (KE). Explore satellite imagery of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Kenya (GPS: 1 00 N, 38 00 E) located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania. The country’s area measurements are total: 580,367 sq km; land: 569,140 sq km, water: 11,227 sq km. This sovereign state is five times the size of Ohio, slightly more than twice the Nevada size. The total irrigated land is 1,030 sq km (2012).

One of Kenya’s essential features: The Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. Glaciers found on Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak. Unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value. Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake and the second-largest freshwater lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Kiribati Google Maps

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Kiribati

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kiribati (KI). Explore satellite imagery of Tarawa, the capital city of Kiribati, on the Google Maps of Oceania below.

Kiribati (GPS: 1 25 N, 173 00 E) is located in Oceania, a group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia. The country’s area measurements are total: 811 sq km; land: 811 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is four times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Kiribati: 21 of the 33 islands are inhabited. Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are Makatea in French Polynesia and Nauru. Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, and western).

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Kosovo Google Maps

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Kosovo

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kosovo (KV). Explore satellite imagery of Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Kosovo (GPS: 42 35 N, 21 00 E) is located in Southeast Europe, between Serbia and North Macedonia. The country’s area measurements are total: 10,887 sq km; land: 10,887 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Delaware. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of Kosovo’s essential features: The 41-km long Nerodimka River divides into two branches, each of which flows into a different sea: the northern branch flows into the Sitnica River, which via the Ibar, Morava, and Danube Rivers ultimately flows into the Black Sea. The southern branch flows via the Lepenac and Vardar Rivers into the Aegean Sea.

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Kuwait Google Maps

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Kuwait

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kuwait (KW). Explore satellite imagery of Kuwait City, the capital city of Kuwait, on the Google Maps of the Middle East below.

Kuwait (GPS: 29 30 N, 45 45 E) located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The country’s area measurements are total: 17,818 sq km; land: 17,818 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than New Jersey. The total irrigated land is 105 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Kuwait: Strategic location at the head of the Persian Gulf.

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