10/ In addition to these land disputes, Chile π¨π± and Peru π΅πͺ have had maritime territorial disputes over a sea area spanning roughly 37,000 square km.
This turned into an international law case presented at the Hague π³π± in 2008 and saw Chile lose control over some of its formerly claimed territory.
Below are maps of the disputed area and the agreed upon boundary following the ruling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean%E2%80%93Peruvian_maritime_dispute
11/ Leaving the Pacific and turning to the Atlantic, we have the Beagle Conflict, a tense border dispute between Chile π¨π± and Argentina π¦π· that nearly led to war in 1978.
The conflict centered on the Picton, Lennox, and Nueva Islands in the Beagle Channel, a key waterway with access between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans alongside the Magellan Strait and Drake Passage.
In 1984, Argentina officially recognised these islands as Chilean territory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_conflict
#geoweirdness
11/ Leaving the Pacific and turning to the Atlantic, we have the Beagle Conflict, a tense border dispute between Chile π¨π± and Argentina π¦π· that nearly led to war in 1978.
The conflict centered on the Picton, Lennox, and Nueva Islands in the Beagle Channel, a key waterway with access between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans alongside the Magellan Strait and Drake Passage.