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
Badme
Bakassi		This area was handed over by Nigeria to Cameroon following an International Court of Justice ruling, but the Senate of Nigeria has decreed that in their opinion the handover of territory was illegal.
Banc du Geyser
Béchar
Bir Tawil		de facto No man's land
Bure
Caprivi Strip boundary tripoints/quadripoint
Ceuta
Chagos Archipelago		United Kingdom administers as part of British Indian Ocean Territory
Chirac pastures
part of Gicumbi District, North Province
Glorioso Islands
Hala'ib Triangle
Isla Perejil
Islas Chafarinas
Ilemi Triangle
part of Kabale District
Kangawane Swazi homelands in parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal
Kariba Power Station and Sindabezi Island
Kasikili/Sedudu
Part of the Katemba region
Koualou village
Lete Island, Tondi Kwara Barou and neighbouring islands		Adjudicated by the International Court of Justice in 2005 in favour of Niger.
Area near Logoba/Moyo District
Lunchinda-Pweto province
Mayotte
Mbañie Island, Cocotiers, and Congas Island
islands in Mbamba Bay, Lake Nyasa
Melilla
Migingo Island, and also the islands of Lolwe, Oyasi, Remba, Ringiti and Sigulu, Lake Victoria
several islands in the River Ntem
several villages near the Okpara River
Peñón de Alhucemas
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
Ras Doumeira and Doumeira Island
Rukwanzi Island and the Semliki River valley
the Rufunzo Valley and Sabererwa
Exclusive Economic Zone surrounding the Savage Islands
South East Algeria
Tindouf
Tromelin
Tsorona-Zalambessa
Wadi Haifa Salient
Yenga (border hamlet), and left bank of the Makona and Moa rivers

In the Americas

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Not specified		Bolivia claims and demands sovereign sea access, lost during the War of the Pacific 1879.
Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco
Arroyo de la Invernada or Rincón de Artigas and Albornoz Village
Southern half of Belize		Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize.
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands)		Honduras has recognized the sovereignty of Colombia; other claimants have not
Conejo Island
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)		Argentina invaded the Falklands, resulting in the Falklands War
French Guiana west of the Marouini River
Guantánamo Bay		The United States is the territory's lease-holder, but Cuba retains de jure sovereignty.
Guaira Falls/Sete Quedas		The disputed islands were submerged by the reservoir of Itaipú.
Guyana east of the Upper Courantyne River
Guyana west of the Essequibo River (Guayana Esequiba)
Hans Island		Denmark claims the island as part of Greenland.
Isla Aves (Bird Island)		Dominica abandoned the claim in 2006. Continue the fight for the sea adjacent to the island.
Isla Brasilera/Ilha Brasileira		Uruguay argues that the tripartite point with Argentina and Brazil is not defined, but those countries do not accept it.
Isla Suárez/Ilha de Guajará-mirim
Los Monjes archipelago		Colombia no longer claims the islands, only the surrounding waters.
Area near Mejito De La Cruz
Navassa Island
Quita Sueño Bank
Pacific Ocean Sea border		This arguably covers 19,000-35,000 square metres of land near border marker number one.
Land around the (approximately 300 square kilometres)
San Andrés and Providencia		Honduras de facto recognizes Colombian claim.
Sapodilla Cays		Guatemala formerly claiming all Belize.
Serranilla Bank		Honduras has recognized the sovereignty of Colombia; other claimants have not
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Including Shag Rocks.
Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Daudet		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	U.S. claims navigation rights

In Asia and the Pacific

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Aasal, Al-Qaa, Al-Qasr, Deir Al-Aashayer, Kfar Kouq and Tufail
Abu Musa
Aksai Chin		possibly also the
Northern part of the Baekdu Mountain		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. possibly also the
Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, namely Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar, Tarchen and Zuthulphuk		possibly also the
Boraibari		Boraibari falls under the adverse possession category with the map suggesting that it should be within India but it was being controlled by Bangladesh authority since 1971.
Bukit Jeli
Chumbi and Dobta
Daikhata-Dumabari
Various areas: Dak Jerman/Dak Duyt, Dak Dang/Dak Huyt, the La Drang area and the islands of Baie/Koh Ta Kiev, Milieu/Koh Thmey, Eau/Koh Ses, Pic/Koh Tonsay and the Northern Pirates/Koh Po
Doi Lang
East Jerusalem
Fasht Ad Dibal and Qit'at Jaradeh		These were not included in the 2001 International Court of Justice judgement, as low-tide elevations.
several areas in the Fergana Valley
Northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret).		Israeli territory occupied by Syria between 1950 and 1967. In the Six day war it was recaptured by Israel. Still claimed by Syria.
Golan Heights
Greater and Lesser Tunbs
Hatay Province
Hibernia Reef
Ieodo Island/Suyan Rock (aka Socotra Rock)		Also possibly claimed by:
Indo-Bangladesh enclaves
Isfara Valley
Kachatheevu Island
Karang Unarang
Kashmir		A small area is also claimed by (see Pakistan/Afghanistan dispute below)
region (Kalapani River), also Susta region (part), and Antudanda area
Khuriya Muriya Islands
Korea		The Democratic People's Republic of Korea administers North Korea, but Article 1 of the Constitution of North Korea reads: "The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an independent socialist State representing the interests of all the Korean people." The Republic of Korea administers South Korea, but Article 3 of the Constitution of South Korea reads : "The territory of the Republic of Korea shall consist of the Korean peninsula and its adjacent islands."
Kula Kangri		possibly also the
South Kuril Islands
Lathitila
Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo in Korean, Takeshima in Japanese)
Ligitan and Sipadan		The 2002 International Court of Justice ruling awarded both islands to Malaysia, but left unsettled the maritime boundary immediately southwest and west of the islands between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Limbang area
Macclesfield Bank
Matthew and Hunter Islands
Minerva Reefs		Fiji disputes not Tonga's claim to the reefs but any maritime EEZ claim by Tonga based on the reefs under the rules of UNCLOS.
Minicoy Island
Muhurichar river island
certain islands in the Naf River
Nawalparasi region
Parts of North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan
Small areas of Oecussi-Ambeno
Okinotorishima		The PRC does not claim ownership of the islet; rather, it argues that it is not large enough to entitle Japan to the EEZ of the surrounding ocean.
Paracel Islands
"Point 20"; a small area of reclaimed land in Singapore
part of Poipet commune
Prachin Buri area
Preah Vihear Temple (Khao Phra Wihan)		Temple complex awarded to Cambodia by an International Court of Justice ruling in 1962, but ongoing dispute over adjacent areas.
Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai
Pyrdiwah
Qarooh and Umm Al Maradim
Sabah (North Borneo)		lays a dormant claim on Sabah on the basis that it is a historical part of the Sulu Sultanate (see North Borneo dispute).
Sakhalin (southern)		has renounced Sakhalin pursuant to the San Francisco Peace Treaty without recognizing the Russian claim.
Scarborough Reef		Philippines defends the atoll with naval activity; tensions continue over sovereignty of the atoll, fishing rights in surrounding waters, placement of a survey marker by China, etc. has released a law proclaims the islands as a "regime of islands".
Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Tai)
Shaksgam Valley		possibly also the
Shatt Al-Arab
Shebaa Farms
Siachen Glacier and Saltoro Ridge area
Sir Creek
South Talpatti/New Moore/Purbasha Island
Spratly Islands	(part) (part) (part)	has released a law that proclaims the islands as a "regime of islands".
Swains Island		This claim doesn't hold a de jure status as formally recognises the USA's sovereignty over Swains Island.
48 square miles (124 km²) of territory
Exclusive Economic Zone near the Tasman Sea		Japan continues to do whaling operations in the area. For more info see Whaling in Japan
South Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh		possibly also the
Parts of Three Pagodas Pass
Tumen River (disputed sovereignty of certain islands)		possibly also the
The islands of Ukatny, Zhestky and the disputed 'island' of Malozhemchuzny
Vozrozhdeniya Island (now a peninsula)
Wake Island
The West Bank (called Judea and Samaria in Israel)
a small part of Xinjiang
Yalu River (disputed sovereignty of certain islands)		The allocation to North Korea of all of the large islands in the lower Yalu River, including and Sindo at the mouth, is now clear. The river's maritime rights remain shared between the two nations.
Zarrara oilfield and Khor al-Odaid areas

In Europe

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Part of Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area
Barents Sea boundary dispute
Baltic Sea boundary dispute near Bornholm
Carlingford Lough boundary dispute
David Gareja monastery complex boundary dispute
Some areas by the Danube Parts of Osijek and Sombor districts
Kosovo
Eastern coast of Narva river and Petseri County
Part of Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
Eastern Anatolia
Javakheti
Ems estuary and Dollart Bay (western part)		Settled in 1960s (agreeing to disagree)
Gibraltar		Spain claims territory under the Treaty of Utrecht conditions.
Gulf of Piran		An agreement was signed (and ratified by Croatia's parliament on Nov. 20, 2009) to pursue binding arbitration to both the land and maritime portions of this ongoing dispute
Isthmus between Gibraltar and Spain		Spain claims territory as illegally occupied since it was not included into the Treaty of Utrecht.
Imia/Kardak
Kosa Tuzla Island
Lake Constance
Lough Foyle boundary dispute
Mont Blanc
An area near Montalmus peak
Olivenza (including the municipality of Taliga)
Pichvni
Prevlaka
Maritime border in the Adriatic
Rockall		Only the UK claims the rock itself. Ireland and Britain have agreed upon a demarcation of the surrounding sea-bed. Denmark and Iceland claim that the Rockall trough limits the Irish and British claims to the waters surround the rock and to the Rockall Bank.
Sastavci
Šarengradska Ada
Sarych
Snake Island		the dispute was solved on February 3, 2009 by the International Court of Justice
Military complex near Sveta Gera, in the area of Žumberak/Gorjanci
400 hectares in and around the vicinity of Tesin
Small 3m-by-60m strip along the Passetto di Borgo in the vicinity of the Vatican City
Veliki Školj and Mali Školj (near Neum)
Island of Vukovar

Disputes between a state and its subnational entities, or between subnational entities

• Belgaum: Karnataka and Maharashtra (in )
• Kasaragod: Karnataka and Kerala(in )
• Ceara and Piaui in
• Lubicon traditional territory between the Peace River and Athabasca River and north of Lesser Slave Lake: The Lubicon Cree Nation and the Government of Canada (in ).
• Southern edge of Labrador: Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador (in ).
• Large area of Yucatán Peninsula: Mexican states of Campeche and Quintana Roo (in ).
• North Kosovo: theoretically under interim UN administration, but de facto governed as continued part of .
• A one-mile wide section along the 35th Parallel: Georgia and Tennessee (in the ).

Disputes involving parties that each have some territory under control but do not recognize each other

Territory	Claimants	Notes
Abkhazia	Republic of Abkhazia
Eastern part of Bhutan
North Cyprus	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Mainland China (including Tibet and Xinjiang)
Moldovan-controlled area of Dubasari district	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
A small area of Gilgit-Baltistan
Erenkoy/Kokkina	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	This area is separated from the rest of the land held by North Cyprus by land controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.
Heixiazi / Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy (eastern half)		Split by the People's Republic of China and Russia in 2004
Heixiazi / Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy (western half)		Split by the People's Republic of China and Russia in 2004
Israel		Hamas currently has de facto control of the Gaza Strip. Most Palestinian parties and factions recognized Israel Proper following the Oslo Accord.
Kachin State		North part west of Gaoligong Mountain (高黎貢山) in western Yunnan, China, and the Division of Sagaing: Jiangxinpo (江心坡) and Nankan (南坎).
106.40 square kilometres of formerly Chinese territory in Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kutsuzov island
Lachin corridor	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Pamir Mountains (west of Xinjiang) (Northern and central parts)
Pamir Mountains (west of Xinjiang) (Southern part)
Part of the Rasŏn administrative division
HM Roughs Tower	Sealand
Sikkim		The PRC renounced its claim in 2003.
Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River
Somaliland	Somaliland
South Ossetia	Republic of South Ossetia
Northern and eastern Sri Lanka	Tamil Eelam
'Border' checkpoint near Strovilia	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	UK's claim in regard to its Sovereign Base Areas Technically, of course, this also involves ; the checkpoint is partially on UN-administered land, and Cyprus claims all of the island. (See: Europe)
Taiwan Penghu Jinmen Matsu Islands Pratas Islands		See also: Anti-Secession Law Legal status of Taiwan
Transnistria	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Tuva
Varnita, Copanca and Bendery (also known as Tighina or Bender)	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
The West Bank (called Judea and Samaria in Israel)		See Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Western Sahara	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Dormant claim)	The United Nations considers the sovereignty issue as unresolved pending a final solution, and to that end, has a mission in the territory to oversee a referendum on self-determination. Sovereignty was relinquished by Spain in 1976.

Formally frozen dispute

See also demilitarized zone

Antarctica

The Antarctic Treaty System, formed on 1 December 1959 and entered into force on 23 June 1961, establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica and provides administration for the continent, which is carried out through consultative member meetings. It freezes the territorial claims of all signatories (all claimants have acceded) for as long as the treaty is in force. However, it is not a final settlement; parties can choose to withdraw from the System at any time. Furthermore, only a minority of states have signed it, and it is not formally sanctioned by the United Nations. Thus, Antarctica remains the only part of the planet any (non-signatory) state can still lay claim to as terra nullius (on the grounds of it not having been part of any existing state's legal and effective territory).

Disputes between a state and a secessionist group with no territorial control

• See List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

See also

• List of sovereign states
• List of dependent territories
• List of subnational entities
• Neutral territory
• Territorial claims in the Arctic

References