Turkmenistan Google Maps

Turkmenistan

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

Turkmenistan (GPS: 40 00 N, 60 00 E) located in Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan. The country’s area measurements are total: 488,100 sq km; land: 469,930 sq km, water: 18,170 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 19,950 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Turkmenistan: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). The western and central low-lying desolate portions of the country make up the great Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which occupies over 80% of the country. The Eastern part is a plateau.

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Turks and Caicos Islands Google Maps

Turks and Caicos Islands

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TC). Explore satellite imagery of Grand Turk, the capital city of Turks and Caicos Islands, on the Google Maps of Central America and the Caribbean below.

Turks and Caicos Islands (GPS: 21 45 N, 71 35 W) are located in two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti. The country’s area measurements are total: 948 sq km; land: 948 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Turks and Caicos Islands: Include eight large islands and numerous smaller cays, islets, and reefs. Only two of the Caicos Islands and six of the Turks group are inhabited.

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Tuvalu Google Maps

Tuvalu

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

Tuvalu (GPS: 8 00 S, 178 00 E) is located in Oceania, an island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway from Hawaii to Australia. The country’s area measurements are total: 26 sq km; land: 26 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Tuvalu: One of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth. Six of the nine coral atolls – Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae – have lagoons open to the ocean. Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons. Niulakita does not have a lagoon.

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Uganda Google Maps

Uganda

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

Uganda (GPS: 1 00 N, 32 00 E) is located in East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country’s area measurements are total: 241,038 sq km; land: 197,100 sq km, water: 43,938 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Oregon. The total irrigated land is 140 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Uganda: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). A fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers. 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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Ukraine Google Maps

Ukraine

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

Ukraine (GPS: 49 00 N, 32 00 E) located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east. The country’s area measurements are total: 603,550 sq km; land: 579,330 sq km, water: 24,220 sq km. This sovereign state is almost four times the size of Georgia, slightly smaller than Texas. The total irrigated land is 21,670 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Ukraine: Strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. The second-largest country in Europe after Russia.

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United Arab Emirates Google Maps

United Arab Emirates

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for United Arab Emirates (AE). Explore satellite imagery of Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab Emirates, on the Google Maps of the Middle East below.

United Arab Emirates (GPS: 24 00 N, 54 00 E) located in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. The country’s area measurements are total: 83,600 sq km; land: 83,600 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than South Carolina, slightly smaller than Maine. The total irrigated land is 923 sq km (2012).

One of the United Arab Emirates’ important features is a strategic location and southern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil.

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United Kingdom Google Maps

United Kingdom

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the United Kingdom (UK). Explore satellite imagery of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

United Kingdom (GPS: 54 00 N, 2 00 W) located in Western Europe, islands – including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland – between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France. The country’s area measurements are total: 243,610 sq km; land: 241,930 sq km, water: 1,680 sq km. This sovereign state is twice the size of Pennsylvania, slightly smaller than Oregon. The total irrigated land is 950 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of the United Kingdom: Lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes. Only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel (the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel). Because of the heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters.

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United States (USA) Google Maps

United States (USA)

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the United States (USA) (US). Explore satellite imagery of Washington DC, the United States (USA), on the Google Maps of North America below.

United States (USA) (GPS: 38 00 N, 97 00 W) is located in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. The country’s area measurements are total: 9,833,517 sq km; land: 9,147,593 sq km, water: 685,924 sq km. This sovereign state is about half the size of Russia, about three-tenths the size of Africa, about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil), slightly larger than China, more than twice the size of the European Union. The total irrigated land is 264,000 sq km (2012).

Some of the essential features of the United States (USA): World’s third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India). Denali (Mt. McKinley) is the highest point in North America, and Death Valley, the lowest point globally. The western coast of the United States and southern coast of Alaska lies 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.

The Aleutian Islands are a chain of volcanic islands that divide the Bering Sea (north) from the central Pacific Ocean (south). They extend about 1,800 km westward from the Alaskan Peninsula. The archipelago consists of 14 larger islands, 55 smaller islands, and hundreds of islets. There are 41 active volcanoes on the islands, which form a large northern section of the Ring of Fire.

Mammoth Cave, in west-central Kentucky, is the world’s most extended known cave system with more than 650 km (405 miles) of surveyed passageways, which is nearly twice as long as the second-longest cave system, the Sac Actun underwater cave in Mexico – the world’s most comprehensive underwater cave system.

Kazuma Cave on the island of Hawaii is the world’s longest and deepest lava tube cave. It surveyed at 66 km (41 mi) long and 1,102 m (3,614 ft) deep.

Bracken Cave, outside of San Antonio, Texas, is the world’s largest bat cave. It is the summer home to the largest colony of bats in the world. An estimated 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats roost in the cave from March to October, making it the world’s largest known mammals concentration.

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Uruguay Google Maps

Uruguay

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Uruguay (UY). Explore satellite imagery of Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Uruguay (GPS: 33 00 S, 56 00 W) located in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil. The country’s area measurements are total: 176,215 sq km; land: 175,015 sq km, water: 1,200 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than the state of Washington. The total irrigated land is 2,380 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Uruguay: Second-smallest South American country (after Suriname). Most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising.

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Uzbekistan Google Maps

Uzbekistan

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

Uzbekistan (GPS: 41 00 N, 64 00 E) located in Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan. The country’s area measurements are total: 447,400 sq km; land: 425,400 sq km, water: 22,000 sq km. This sovereign state is about four times the size of Virginia, slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 42,150 sq km (2012).

One of Uzbekistan’s essential features: Along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.

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