Disputed territories
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This is a list of extant territorial disputes around the world. Bold indicates one claimant's full control; italics, one or more claimants' partial control.

Disputes involving states that recognize each other

In Africa and neighbouring seas

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova	France Madagascar[2]
Badme	Ethiopia Eritrea[2]
Bakassi	Cameroon Nigeria	This area was handed over by Nigeria to Cameroon following an ICJ ruling, but the Senate of Nigeria has decreed that in their opinion the handover of territory was illegal.
Banc du Geyser	Madagascar France The Comoros
Béchar	Algeria Morocco
(former) Bogomerom archipelago (parts)	Chad Nigeria
Bure	Ethiopia Eritrea[3]
Caprivi Strip boundary tripoints/quadripoint	Botswana Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe
Ceuta[4]	Spain Morocco
Chagos Archipelago	United Kingdom Mauritius The Seychelles	United Kingdom claims as part of British Indian Ocean Territory
Chirac pastures	Morocco Algeria[5]
part of Gicumbi District, North Province	Rwanda Uganda
Glorioso Islands	France Madagascar The Seychelles The Comoros
Hala'ib Triangle	Egypt Sudan[6]
Isla de Alborán	Spain Morocco
Isla Perejil	Spain Morocco
Islas Chafarinas	Spain Morocco
Ilemi Triangle	Kenya Ethiopia Sudan
part of Kabale District	Uganda Rwanda
Kangawane Swazi homelands in parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal	South Africa Swaziland
Kariba Power Station and Sindabezi Island	Zambia Zimbabwe
Kasikili/Sedudu	Botswana Namibia[7]
Part of the Katemba region	Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo
Koualou village	Burkina Faso Benin
Lete Island, Tondi Kwara Barou and neighbouring islands	Benin Niger	Adjudicated by the ICJ in 2005 in favour of Niger.
Area near Logoba/Moyo District	Sudan Uganda
Lunchinda-Pweto province	Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mayotte	France Comoros[2]
Mbañie Island, Cocotiers, and Congas Island	Gabon Equatorial Guinea[8]
islands in Mbamba Bay, Lake Nyasa	Tanzania Malawi
Melilla[9]	Spain Morocco
Migingo Island	Uganda Kenya Tanzania
several islands in the River Ntem	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea
North West Niger (about 25,000 square km)	Niger Libya
Ogaden	Ethiopia Somalia
several villages near the Okpara River	Benin Niger
Peñón de Alhucemas	Spain Morocco
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera	Spain Morocco
Raheita	Djibouti Eritrea
Rukwanzi Island	Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda
the Rufunzo Valley and Sabererwa	Rwanda Burundi
Exclusive Economic Zone surrounding the Savage Islands	Portugal Spain
Strip of land in Semliki river	Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda
South East Algeria	Algeria Libya
Socotra	Yemen Somalia
Tindouf	Algeria Morocco
Triangular area of land south east of Toummo	Niger Libya
Tromelin	France Mauritius The Seychelles
Tsorona-Zalambessa	Ethiopia Eritrea [10]
Wadi Haifa Salient	Egypt Sudan
Yenga (border hamlet), and left bank of the Makona and Moa rivers	Sierra Leone Guinea

In the Americas

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco	Venezuela Guyana
Arroyo de la Invernada or Rincón de Artigas	Brazil Uruguay
Atacama corridor	Chile Bolivia
Southern half of Belize	Belize Guatemala	Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize.
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands)	Colombia United States Jamaica Honduras	Honduras does not actively pursue its claim.
Isla Aves (Bird Island)	Venezuela Dominica
Santa Barbara Islands[11][12][13][14]	United States Mexico	Mexico's claim is considered dormant.
Conejo Island	Honduras El Salvador
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)[2]	United Kingdom Argentina
French Guiana west of the Marouini River	France Suriname
Guantánamo Bay[2]	United States Cuba	The United States is the territory's lease-holder, but Cuba retains de jure sovereignty.
Guaira Falls/Sete Quedas	Brazil Paraguay
Guyana east of the Upper Courantyne River	Guyana Suriname
Guyana west of the Essequibo River (Guayana Esequiba)	Guyana Venezuela
Hans Island	Canada Denmark	Denmark claims the island as part of Greenland.
Isla Brasilera/Ilha Brasileira	Brazil Uruguay Argentina	Argentina only claims the surrounding waters.
Isla Suárez/Ilha de Guajará-mirim	Bolivia Brazil
Los Monjes archipelago[2]	Venezuela Colombia
Area near Mejito De La Cruz	Costa Rica Nicaragua
Navassa Island[2]	United States Haiti	Dormant claims: Cuba Colombia Jamaica Mexico Honduras
Quita Sueño Bank	Colombia Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean Sea border	Chile Peru	This arguably covers 19,000-35,000 square metres of land near border marker number one.
Land around the Rio San Juan (approximately 300 square kilometres)	Costa Rica Nicaragua
San Andrés and Providencia	Colombia Nicaragua	Honduras de facto recognizes Colombian claim.
Sapodilla Cays	Belize Guatemala Honduras	Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize.
Sea Otter Rocks, Sea Lion Rock and Copper Island (Medny Island)	Russia United States	Sovereignty undetermined; agreement to cede these areas to Russia has not been ratified by the Duma.
Serranilla Bank	Colombia United States Nicaragua Honduras
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[2]	United Kingdom Argentina	Including Shag Rocks.
Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Daudet	Argentina Chile	Parts of the border still officially undefined.

Territory disputed between Canada and the United States

Main article:List of areas disputed by Canada and the United States

Territory	Canadian Claimant	American Claimant
Machias Seal Island	New Brunswick	Maine
North Rock	New Brunswick	Maine
Strait of Juan de Fuca	British Columbia	Washington
Dixon Entrance	British Columbia	Alaska
Portland Canal	British Columbia	Alaska
Beaufort Sea	Yukon	Alaska
Northwest Passage and some other Arctic waters	Canadian territorial waters	Claimed by U.S. to be international waters

In Asia and the Pacific

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Aasal, Al-Qaa, Al-Qasr, Deir Al-Aashayer, Kfar Kouq and Tufail	Lebanon Syria
Abu Musa	Iran United Arab Emirates
Aksai Chin	People's Republic of China India Republic of China	[2][15]
Arunachal Pradesh	India People's Republic of China Republic of China[15]
Northern part of the Baekdu Mountain	People's Republic of China Republic of Korea Republic of China[15]	Territory's Chinese name is Changbai Mountain Not claimed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The DPRK has recognized the northern part of the Baekdu Mountain as territory of the PRC in 1962.
Banaba Island	Kiribati Fiji
Bagys and Hazrat-e Turkestan	Uzbekistan Kazakhstan
Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, namely Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar, Tarchen and Zuthulphuk	People's Republic of China Bhutan Republic of China[15]
Part of the area between the Blue Line and the UNIFIL zone boundary	Lebanon Israel
Boraibari	Bangladesh