Bir Tawil Triangle
While history is full of conflicts waged between countries over territories large and small, there is one place on earth1 that is specifically not wanted by countries which border it, who in fact are convinced that this place should belong to their neighbour rather than themselves. The distinctly non-triangular Bir Tawil Triangle is an area on the border between Egypt and Sudan, unclaimed by either nation, and identified by the dotted border lines in Google Maps. Given that this is pretty much just 2,000 km2 of sand and rocks, it’s perhaps not surprising that neither country is particularly…