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Encyclopedia > Sealand

Sealand may refer to:


Places

  • Principality of Sealand, a micronation on an offshore facility off the coast of Suffolk.
  • Sealand, Flintshire in the River Dee estuary near Hawarden, Wales.
  • A translation of and non-standard spelling of Zealand (Sjælland), a Danish island.
  • A translation of and non-standard spelling of Zeeland, also "Zealand", a Dutch province.
  • SeaLand Isle, a commercially claimed area in the East Pacific Ocean.
  • RAF Sealand, Royal Air Force station in Flintshire, north Wales.

The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on HM Fort Roughs, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, in what is claimed as territorial waters using a twelve-nautical-mile radius. ... Sealand, Flintshire, is a community and a town to the west of Chester, England, in Wales on the border. ... Map showing location of Zealand within Denmark. ... Capital Middelburg Largest city Terneuzen Queens Commissioner Karla Peijs Religion (1999) Protestant 35% Catholic 23% Area  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water   1,788 km² (10th) 1,146 km² Population (2006)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density 380,186 (11th) 213/km² (10th) Anthem Zeeuws volkslied ISO NL-ZE Official website www. ... SeaLand Isle is the name given to an area of approximately 6,000,000 square nautical miles (21,000,000 km²) in the East Pacific Ocean claimed by Deepsea Ventures, Inc. ... RAF Sealand is a Royal Air Force station in Flintshire, North Wales. ...

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Sea-Land Service, Inc (sometime cited as Sea-Land Services (pl), also known as Sea-Land Corporation, or sometimes SeaLand, etc) was a pioneering shipping and containerization company founded by American entrepreneur Malcom McLean in 1960, out of the operations of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, which McLean acquired in... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. ... The Short SA.6 Sealand was a light, commercial amphibian aircraft for 5-7 passengers, designed for the general overseas market in territories with suitable water access and/or runways. ... Sealand of the Pacific was a public aquarium in Oak Bay, a suburb near the city of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. ... Sealand Youth Training Center was a summer educational camp for young children, located near Hwasong, South Korea. ... The Battle of Sealand is the first studio album from the American shoegaze band Airiel. ... Airiel is an American shoegaze pop band from Chicago, Illinois characterized by their melodic take on the shoegaze style. ...

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Sealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2796 words)
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims as its territory the artificial island of Roughs Tower, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, at 51°53′40″N, 1°28′57″E, as well as territorial waters in a twelve-nautical-mile radius.
Sealand claims the waters surrounding Roughs Tower to the extent of twelve nautical miles,[1] and it has claimed to have physically defended this claim on at least one occasion: in an incident in 1990, the Royal Maritime Auxiliary vessel Golden Eye was fired upon from Sealand.
Sealand is not a member of the Universal Postal Union, which regulates the sending of mail between countries, and its address is in what it claims is a foreign country.
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