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3/ Then there is the (in)famous "Null Island" located at 0,0.

Null Island doesn't physically exist at all, but often geographic software mistakes end up there.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Isl

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OpenCage 👉🌍

4/ But of course the ocean's aren't empty, there are thousands of boats and ships sailing about ⛵⛴️.

A fun site to track shipping is marinetraffic.com

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5/ The oceans are also a common point of territorial disputes, most famously in the South China Sea where many conflicting claims overlap: 🇨🇳🇻🇳🇹🇼🇧🇳🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territor

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6/ Such claims are generally arbitrated via the 🇺🇳 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which defines "Internal Waters", "Territorial Sea", "Contiguous zones" and "Exclusive economic zone".

Today 167 countries and the EU 🇪🇺 are parties to the convention.

But many countries want specific exceptions that benefit them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_N

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territor

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