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Transport Stats: compare key data on Glorioso Islands & Netherlands

Definitions

  • Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
  • Airports > With unpaved runways > Total: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces)
  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT Glorioso Islands Netherlands HISTORY
Airports 1
Ranked 226th.
29
Ranked 119th. 29 times more than Glorioso Islands

Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1
Ranked 135th.
2
Ranked 126th. Twice as much as Glorioso Islands
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 1
Ranked 193th.
6
Ranked 148th. 6 times more than Glorioso Islands

Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
Ports and terminals none; offshore anchorage only <strong>major ports: </strong>Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Moerdijk, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen<br /><strong>container ports:</strong> Rotterdam (11,876,920)
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International claimed by <a href=/country/ma>Madagascar</a> <a href=/country/vt>none</a>

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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