Officially getting an international border in 1848, this area of land is up to 150 miles wide & has about 2,000 miles of coastline
An official American Viticultural Area spanning multiple states includes this eastern island where you'll find the town of Chilmark
In 2023 these 2 nations agreed to redraw part of their border near the Matterhorn due to melting glaciers
It's the state with the lowest population density that's home to an NFL team
This country has 2 capitals, is bounded by 5 other countries & has 37 official languages
Jebel Musa in Morocco & Mount Hacho near Ceuta are candidates for the southern half of this pair
A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real "old-money" & "nouveau riche" settings in this novel
After Canada & the U.S., these 2 countries share the longest land border at more than 4,700 miles
Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman
Of the 13 nations through which the equator passes, it's the only one whose coastline borders the Caribbean Sea
At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
MIMAL, sometimes said to be the silhouette of a chef or elf, stands for Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, these 2 states
Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents
From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups
Brazil stretches 2,700 miles from the Atlantic in the east to Serra do Divisor National Park on the border with this country in the west
It's referred to as "the blue eye of Siberia"
It's the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian
From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal
Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo
It's the largest country in area that begins & ends with the same letter
This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself
Canada's Four Corners monument marks the junction of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut & these 2 Prairie provinces
The Yucatan Peninsula is shared by these 3 countries
This 150- by 2.5-mile area created in 1953 is now home to more than 100 endangered & protected species
It's the easternmost capital city in Central America
9-letter name for an area of 10 million square miles--4/5 the size of Africa--but only about 120,000 square miles of it is dry land
Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018
Germany has land borders with 9 countries & only maritime boundaries with 2 countries, the U.K. & this one across the Baltic
Named the first U.S. national monument in 1906, it was featured prominently in a blockbuster movie 71 years later
In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans
One active, one dormant, Madera & Concepcion are volcanoes in this body of water that shares its name with a country
Of Germany's 16 states, these2 at opposite ends of the country begin with the same letter & are the largest & smallest
The Mopan River flows about 20 miles from the capital of this country
It's the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf
Cross the Strait of Bonifacio & you go between the 2nd- & 4th-largest Mediterranean islands & between these 2 countries
You have to go through military security to reach this town with a Marine base on 3 sides & the Potomac on the other
The 2 Central American nations that border only one ocean
The world's busiest container port, its name is also an English verb with criminal overtones
Discovered in 1535, this island group on the equator got perhaps its most famous visitor exactly 300 years later
Of the contiguous states, these 2 coastal states have elevation changes within them of more than 14,000 feet
Mexico's Programa Frontera Sur aims to secure its 600-mile-long border with this country
Far from New England, it's the state that has the shortest land border with Canada, only 45 miles
Shelley subtitled a poem named for this famous geographic feature "Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni"
2 U.S. state capitals & 2 major Panamanian ports are named after this European
The Caucasian Isthmus lies between these 2 large inland bodies of water
Named around 1616, it's the world's fifth-largest island & the largest named after a person
In 2001 the names of these 2 breeds came together in the new official name of a Canadian province
8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border, at 2.7 miles, is with this country
Though they live elsewhere, Alan Page & Dan Dierdorf will both always be in this Ohio city where they were born