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By: Rebecca,
on 8/14/2007
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Lomonosov Ridge, Arctic Ocean
Coordinates: 88 0 N 140 0 E
Approximate length: 1,240 miles (1,996 km)
Over the centuries explorers from many nations have laid claim to islands, mountains, and swathes of territory of varying sizes; we’ve even witnessed astronauts planting a flag on the moon. But each symbolic gesture leaves less land available, causing countries to squabble over smaller and smaller patches of the planet. Then again, governments can be quite creative. Russia, for example, recently dispatched a submarine to the Arctic Ocean to leave a titanium version of their flag on the steep-sided Lomonosov Ridge. (more…)
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