# Geographic anomaly (any others like this?)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographic-anomaly-any-others-like-this/845413 "2019-12-26T19:42:48Z")\
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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> I can’t imagine how shitty of a hellhole it must be that NObody has called “dibs” there.

It has to do with two different maps during the British mandate. I’ve written to it before so to give you the tl;dr version: for Egypt and Sudan they each feel they have a choice of claiming the Halayib Triangle or Bir Tawil but not both. Since they each want the Halayib Triangle neither one claims Bir Tawil.

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographic-anomaly-any-others-like-this/845413/63 "2020-03-02T16:06:33Z")

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