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Svalbard Google Maps

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Svalbard

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Svalbard (SV). Explore satellite imagery of Longyearbyen, the capital city of Svalbard, on the Google Maps of Arctic Region below.

Svalbard (GPS: 78 00 N, 20 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and the Norwegian Sea, north of Norway. The country’s area measurements are total: 62,045 sq km; land: 62,045 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the important features of Svalbard: Northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. It consists of nine main islands. Glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area. Spitsbergen Island is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault site, a seed repository established by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Norwegian Government.

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Sweden Google Maps

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Sweden

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Sweden (SE). Explore satellite imagery of Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, on Europe’s Google Maps below.

Sweden (GPS: 62 00 N, 15 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway. The country’s area measurements are total: 450,295 sq km; land: 410,335 sq km, water: 39,960 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 1,640 sq km (2012).

One of Sweden’s essential features: Strategic location along the Danish Straits linking the Baltic and North Seas. Sweden has almost 100,000 lakes, the largest of which, Vanern, is the third-largest in Europe.

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Switzerland Google Maps

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Switzerland

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

Switzerland (GPS: 47 00 N, 8 00 E) located in Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy. The country’s area measurements are total: 41,277 sq km; land: 39,997 sq km, water: 1,280 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey. The total irrigated land is 630 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Switzerland: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Crossroads of northern and southern Europe. Along with southeastern France, north of Italy and southwestern Austria have the highest elevations in the Alps.

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Syria Google Maps

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Syria

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

Syria (GPS: 35 00 N, 38 00 E) located in Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey. The country’s area measurements are total: 185,180 sq km; land: 183,630 sq km, water: 1,550 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Pennsylvania. The total irrigated land is 14,280 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Syria: Damascus’s capital – located at an oasis fed by the Barada River – is thought to be one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities. There are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights (2017).

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Taiwan Google Maps

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Taiwan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Taiwan (TW). Explore satellite imagery of Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Taiwan (GPS: 23 30 N, 121 00 E) located in Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China. The country’s area measurements are total: 35,980 sq km; land: 32,260 sq km, water: 3,720 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined. The total irrigated land is 3,820 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Taiwan: Strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait.

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Tajikistan Google Maps

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Tajikistan

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

Tajikistan (GPS: 39 00 N, 71 00 E) located in Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan. The country’s area measurements are total: 144,100 sq km; land: 141,510 sq km, water: 2,590 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Wisconsin. The total irrigated land is 7,420 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Tajikistan: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). The highest point, Qullai Ismaili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR.

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Tanzania Google Maps

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Tanzania

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

Tanzania (GPS: 6 00 S, 35 00 E) located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique. The country’s area measurements are total: 947,300 sq km; land: 885,800 sq km, water: 61,500 sq km. This sovereign state is more than six times the size of Georgia, slightly larger than twice the size of California. The total irrigated land is 1,840 sq km (2012).

One of Tanzania’s important features: Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only three mountain ranges on the continent that has glaciers (the others are Mount Kenya and the Ruwenzori Mountains). Bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world’s second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world’s second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwestimate.

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Thailand Google Maps

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Thailand

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Thailand (TH). Explore satellite imagery of Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Thailand (GPS: 15 00 N, 100 00 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma. The country’s area measurements are total: 513,120 sq km; land: 510,890 sq km, water: 2,230 sq km. This sovereign state is about three times the size of Florida, slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming. The total irrigated land is 64,150 sq km (2012).

One of the crucial features of Thailand: Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. Ideas for constructing a canal across the Kra Isthmus that would create a bypass to the Strait of Malacca and shorten shipping times around Asia continue discussed.

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Timor-Leste Google Maps

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Timor-Leste

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Timor-Leste (TL). Explore satellite imagery of Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Timor-Leste (GPS: 8 50 S, 125 55 E) located in Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note – Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco. The country’s area measurements are total: 14,874 sq km; land: 14,874 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Connecticut. The total irrigated land is 350 sq km (2012).

Timor-Leste’s essential features: Timor comes from the Malay word for “east” the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The district of Oecussi is an exclave separated from Timor-Leste proper by Indonesia.

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Togo Google Maps

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Togo

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

Togo (GPS: 8 00 N, 1 10 E) located in Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana. The country’s area measurements are total: 56,785 sq km; land: 54,385 sq km, water: 2,400 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is 70 sq km (2012).

Togo’s essential features: The country’s length allows it to stretch through six distinct geographic regions. The climate varies from tropical to savanna.

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