Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles):
countries and regions with most species

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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Australia
5
No. 2
Bahamas
5
No. 3
Barbados
5
No. 4
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
5
No. 5
Colombia
5
No. 6
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
5
No. 7
Fraser Island [Australia]
5
No. 8
Indonesia
5
No. 9
Java [Indonesia]
5
No. 10
Mauritania
5
No. 11
Mexico
5
No. 12
Morocco
5
No. 13
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
5
No. 14
Northern Territory [Australia]
5
No. 15
Papua New Guinea
5
No. 16
Queensland [Australia]
5
No. 17
Spain
5
No. 18
Spanish mainland [Spain]
5
No. 19
USA
5
No. 20
Western Australia [Australia]
5
No. 21
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
5
No. 22
Alabama [USA]
4
No. 23
Alagoas [Brazil]
4
No. 24
Algeria
4
No. 25
Angola
4
No. 26
Anguilla
4
No. 27
Azores [Portugal]
4
No. 28
Bahia [Brazil]
4
No. 29
Bahrain
4
No. 30
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
4
No. 31
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
4
No. 32
Bali [Indonesia]
4
No. 33
Bangladesh
4
No. 34
Benin
4
No. 35
Bermuda [United Kingdom]
4
No. 36
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
4
No. 37
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
4
No. 38
Bonin Islands [Japan]
4
No. 39
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
4
No. 40
Brazil
4
No. 41
Brunei
4
No. 42
California [USA]
4
No. 43
Cambodia
4
No. 44
Cameroon
4
No. 45
Campeche [Mexico]
4
No. 46
Cape Verde
4
No. 47
Cayman Islands
4
No. 48
Ceara [Brazil]
4
No. 49
Chile
4
No. 50
China
4
No. 51
Coche [Venezuela]
4
No. 52
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
4
No. 53
Comoro Islands
4
No. 54
Congo-Brazzaville
4
No. 55
Congo-Kinshasa
4
No. 56
Costa Rica
4
No. 57
Cuba
4
No. 58
Cubagua [Venezuela]
4
No. 59
Curacao [Netherlands]
4
No. 60
Djibouti
4
No. 61
Dominica
4
No. 62
Dominican Republic
4
No. 63
East Timor
4
No. 64
Easter Island [Chile]
4
No. 65
Ecuador
4
No. 66
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
4
No. 67
Egypt
4
No. 68
El Salvador
4
No. 69
Equatorial Guinea
4
No. 70
Eritrea
4
No. 71
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
4
No. 72
Fernando do Noronha [Brazil]
4
No. 73
Fiji
4
No. 74
Florida [USA]
4
No. 75
France
4
No. 76
French Guiana [France]
4
No. 77
French mainland [France]
4
No. 78
Fujian [China]
4
No. 79
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
4
No. 80
Gambia
4
No. 81
Georgia [USA]
4
No. 82
Ghana
4
No. 83
Goa [India]
4
No. 84
Grenada
4
No. 85
Grenada Island [Grenada]
4
No. 86
Guadeloupe [France]
4
No. 87
Guangdong [China]
4
No. 88
Guangxi [China]
4
No. 89
Guatemala
4
No. 90
Guinea
4
No. 91
Guinea-Bissau
4
No. 92
Guyana
4
No. 93
Hainan [China]
4
No. 94
Haiti
4
No. 95
Hawaii [USA]
4
No. 96
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
4
No. 97
Honduras
4
No. 98
India
4
No. 99
Iran
4
No. 100
Iraq
4
No. 101
Ireland [Republic of Ireland / United Kingdom]
4
No. 102
Islas Marias [Mexico]
4
No. 103
Ivory Coast
4
No. 104
Jalisco [Mexico]
4
No. 105
Jamaica
4
No. 106
Japan
4
No. 107
Jiangsu [China]
4
No. 108
Kenya
4
No. 109
Kerala [India]
4
No. 110
Kuwait
4
No. 111
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
4
No. 112
Lakshadweep [India]
4
No. 113
Liberia
4
No. 114
Louisiana [USA]
4
No. 115
Madagascar
4
No. 116
Madeira [Portugal]
4
No. 117
Malaysia
4
No. 118
Maldives
4
No. 119
Maranhao [Brazil]
4
No. 120
Margarita [Venezuela]
4
No. 121
Martinique [France]
4
No. 122
Maryland [USA]
4
No. 123
Mascarene Islands [France / Mauritius]
4
No. 124
Masirah [Oman]
4
No. 125
Mauritius
4
No. 126
Mississippi [USA]
4
No. 127
Mozambique
4
No. 128
Myanmar
4
No. 129
Nayarit [Mexico]
4
No. 130
New Caledonia [France]
4
No. 131
New South Wales [Australia]
4
No. 132
New Zealand
4
No. 133
Nicaragua
4
No. 134
Nigeria
4
No. 135
North Carolina [USA]
4
No. 136
Oman
4
No. 137
Pakistan
4
No. 138
Panama
4
No. 139
Para [Brazil]
4
No. 140
Paraiba [Brazil]
4
No. 141
Parana [Brazil]
4
No. 142
Pernambuco [Brazil]
4
No. 143
Peru
4
No. 144
Philippines
4
No. 145
Piaui [Brazil]
4
No. 146
Portugal
4
No. 147
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
4
No. 148
Principe [Sao Tome & Principe]
4
No. 149
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
4
No. 150
Puerto Rico
4
No. 151
Qatar
4
No. 152
Republic of Ireland
4
No. 153
Reunion [France]
4
No. 154
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
4
No. 155
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
4
No. 156
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
4
No. 157
Saint Barthelemy [France]
4
No. 158
Saint Kitts & Nevis
4
No. 159
Saint Lucia
4
No. 160
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
4
No. 161
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
4
No. 162
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
4
No. 163
Sao Tome [Sao Tome & Principe]
4
No. 164
Sao Tome & Principe
4
No. 165
Saudi Arabia
4
No. 166
Senegal
4
No. 167
Sergipe [Brazil]
4
No. 168
Seychelles
4
No. 169
Sierra Leone
4
No. 170
Sinai [Egypt]
4
No. 171
Sinaloa [Mexico]
4
No. 172
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
4
No. 173
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
4
No. 174
Solomon Islands
4
No. 175
Somalia
4
No. 176
Sonora [Mexico]
4
No. 177
South Africa
4
No. 178
South Carolina [USA]
4
No. 179
South Korea
4
No. 180
Sri Lanka
4
No. 181
Sudan
4
No. 182
Surinam
4
No. 183
Taiwan
4
No. 184
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
4
No. 185
Tamil Nadu [India]
4
No. 186
Tanzania
4
No. 187
Texas [USA]
4
No. 188
Thailand
4
No. 189
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
4
No. 190
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
4
No. 191
Togo
4
No. 192
Tonga
4
No. 193
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
4
No. 194
Trinidad & Tobago
4
No. 195
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
4
No. 196
United Arab Emirates
4
No. 197
United Kingdom
4
No. 198
Uruguay
4
No. 199
Vanua Levu [Fiji]
4
No. 200
Vanuatu
4
No. 201
Venezuela
4
No. 202
Veracruz [Mexico]
4
No. 203
Vietnam
4
No. 204
Virginia [USA]
4
No. 205
West Bengal [India]
4
No. 206
Yemen
4
No. 207
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
4
No. 208
Yucatan [Mexico]
4
No. 209
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
4
No. 210
Zhejiang [China]
4
No. 211
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
3
No. 212
Alaska [USA]
3
No. 213
Albania
3
No. 214
Amami Islands [Japan]
3
No. 215
Ambon [Indonesia]
3
No. 216
American Samoa [USA]
3
No. 217
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
3
No. 218
Andaman Islands [India]
3
No. 219
Andhra Pradesh [India]
3
No. 220
Anguilla Island [Anguilla]
3
No. 221
Antigua [Antigua & Barbuda]
3
No. 222
Antigua & Barbuda
3
No. 223
Argentina
3
No. 224
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
3
No. 225
Aruba [Netherlands]
3
No. 226
Ascension [United Kingdom]
3
No. 227
Barbuda [Antigua & Barbuda]
3
No. 228
Belize
3
No. 229
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
3
No. 230
Bonaire [Netherlands]
3
No. 231
Caicos Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
3
No. 232
Canada
3
No. 233
Canary Islands [Spain]
3
No. 234
Cayman Brac [Cayman Islands]
3
No. 235
Chiapas [Mexico]
3
No. 236
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
3
No. 237
Colima [Mexico]
3
No. 238
Contoy [Mexico]
3
No. 239
Cook Islands
3
No. 240
Delaware [USA]
3
No. 241
d'Entrecasteaux Reefs [New Caledonia]
3
No. 242
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
3
No. 243
England [United Kingdom]
3
No. 244
Gabon
3
No. 245
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
3
No. 246
Grand Cayman [Cayman Islands]
3
No. 247
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
3
No. 248
Guam [USA]
3
No. 249
Guanaja [Honduras]
3
No. 250
Guerrero [Mexico]
3
No. 251
Gujarat [India]
3
No. 252
Isla del Coco [Costa Rica]
3
No. 253
Isla Grande del Cisne [Honduras]
3
No. 254
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
3
No. 255
Islas del Cisne [Honduras]
3
No. 256
Israel
3
No. 257
Italian mainland [Italy]
3
No. 258
Italy
3
No. 259
Jordan
3
No. 260
Little Cayman [Cayman Islands]
3
No. 261
Long Island [USA]
3
No. 262
Lord Howe Island [Australia]
3
No. 263
Luzon [Philippines]
3
No. 264
Maharashtra [India]
3
No. 265
Malta
3
No. 266
Marshall Islands
3
No. 267
Massachusetts [USA]
3
No. 268
Mayotte [France]
3
No. 269
Michoacan [Mexico]
3
No. 270
Micronesia
3
No. 271
Mindanao [Philippines]
3
No. 272
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
3
No. 273
Mujeres [Mexico]
3
No. 274
Namibia
3
No. 275
Netherlands
3
No. 276
Nevis [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
3
No. 277
New Jersey [USA]
3
No. 278
New York [USA]
3
No. 279
Nicobar Islands [India]
3
No. 280
Norfolk Island [Australia]
3
No. 281
North Korea
3
No. 282
Northern Mariana Islands
3
No. 283
Nova Scotia [Canada]
3
No. 284
Oaxaca [Mexico]
3
No. 285
Odisha [India]
3
No. 286
Okinawa Islands [Japan]
3
No. 287
Oregon [USA]
3
No. 288
Palau
3
No. 289
Pemba [Tanzania]
3
No. 290
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
3
No. 291
Redonda [Antigua & Barbuda]
3
No. 292
Revillagigedo Islands [Mexico]
3
No. 293
Rhode Island [USA]
3
No. 294
Roatan [Honduras]
3
No. 295
Ryukyu Islands [Japan]
3
No. 296
Saba [Netherlands]
3
No. 297
Sabah [Malaysia]
3
No. 298
Saint Croix [U.S. Virgin Islands]
3
No. 299
Saint Kitts [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
3
No. 300
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
3
No. 301
Sakishima Islands [Japan]
3
No. 302
Santiago (Cape Verde) [Cape Verde]
3
No. 303
Sarawak [Malaysia]
3
No. 304
Satsunan Islands [Japan]
3
No. 305
Scotland [United Kingdom]
3
No. 306
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
3
No. 307
Shandong [China]
3
No. 308
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
3
No. 309
Socotra [Yemen]
3
No. 310
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
3
No. 311
Sumatra [Indonesia]
3
No. 312
Supiori [Indonesia]
3
No. 313
Tasmania [Australia]
3
No. 314
Tokelau [New Zealand]
3
No. 315
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
3
No. 316
Turks & Caicos Islands
3
No. 317
Tuvalu
3
No. 318
Utila [Honduras]
3
No. 319
Victoria [Australia]
3
No. 320
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
3
No. 321
Western Sahara
3
No. 322
Western Samoa
3
No. 323
Xisha Islands [China]
3
No. 324
Yap State [Micronesia]
3
No. 325
Aegean Islands [Greece]
2
No. 326
Agalega [Mauritius]
2
No. 327
Aldabra [Seychelles]
2
No. 328
Amapa [Brazil]
2
No. 329
Anjouan [Comoro Islands]
2
No. 330
Annobon [Equatorial Guinea]
2
No. 331
Ant Atoll [Micronesia]
2
No. 332
Banda Islands [Indonesia]
2
No. 333
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
2
No. 334
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
2
No. 335
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
2
No. 336
Belgium
2
No. 337
Belitung [Indonesia]
2
No. 338
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2
No. 339
Bulgaria
2
No. 340
Cephalonia [Greece]
2
No. 341
Chagos Archipelago [United Kingdom]
2
No. 342
Christmas Island [Australia]
2
No. 343
Chuuk State [Micronesia]
2
No. 344
Connecticut [USA]
2
No. 345
Corfu [Greece]
2
No. 346
Cozumel [Mexico]
2
No. 347
Crete [Greece]
2
No. 348
Croatia
2
No. 349
Cyclades Islands [Greece]
2
No. 350
Cyprus
2
No. 351
Dahlak Archipelago [Eritrea]
2
No. 352
Denmark
2
No. 353
Desirade [Guadeloupe]
2
No. 354
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
2
No. 355
Dog Island [Anguilla]
2
No. 356
Euboea [Greece]
2
No. 357
Europa Island [France]
2
No. 358
Farasan Islands [Saudi Arabia]
2
No. 359
Flores [Indonesia]
2
No. 360
French Polynesia [France]
2
No. 361
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
2
No. 362
Glorioso Islands [France]
2
No. 363
Grande Comoro [Comoro Islands]
2
No. 364
Grande Terre (New Caledonia) [New Caledonia]
2
No. 365
Greece
2
No. 366
Greek mainland [Greece]
2
No. 367
Hong Kong [China]
2
No. 368
Honshu [Japan]
2
No. 369
Iles de la Petite Terre [Guadeloupe]
2
No. 370
Iles des Saintes [Guadeloupe]
2
No. 371
Ionian Islands [Greece]
2
No. 372
Isabela [Ecuador]
2
No. 373
Isle of Pines [New Caledonia]
2
No. 374
Juan de Nova [France]
2
No. 375
Kiribati
2
No. 376
Komodo [Indonesia]
2
No. 377
Kosrae [Micronesia]
2
No. 378
Kyushu [Japan]
2
No. 379
Lagouvardis [Greece]
2
No. 380
Lampedusa [Italy]
2
No. 381
Lebanon
2
No. 382
Libya
2
No. 383
Lombok [Indonesia]
2
No. 384
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
2
No. 385
Madura [Indonesia]
2
No. 386
Maine [USA]
2
No. 387
Marajo Island [Brazil]
2
No. 388
Marie-Galante [Guadeloupe]
2
No. 389
Mauritius Island [Mauritius]
2
No. 390
Moheli [Comoro Islands]
2
No. 391
Mortlock Islands [Micronesia]
2
No. 392
Namoluk Atoll [Micronesia]
2
No. 393
Nauru
2
No. 394
Navassa [USA]
2
No. 395
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
2
No. 396
New Brunswick [Canada]
2
No. 397
Newfoundland [Canada]
2
No. 398
Newfoundland & Labrador [Canada]
2
No. 399
Niue
2
No. 400
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
2
No. 401
Obi [Indonesia]
2
No. 402
Ouvea [New Caledonia]
2
No. 403
Padar [Indonesia]
2
No. 404
Palestine [Israel]
2
No. 405
Palmyra [USA]
2
No. 406
Pelagie Islands [Italy]
2
No. 407
Peloponnese [Greece]
2
No. 408
Perhentian Islands [Malaysia]
2
No. 409
Pitcairn Islands [United Kingdom]
2
No. 410
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
2
No. 411
Praslin [Seychelles]
2
No. 412
Rarotonga [Cook Islands]
2
No. 413
Rhodes [Greece]
2
No. 414
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
2
No. 415
Rodrigues Islands [Mauritius]
2
No. 416
Rolas Island [Sao Tome & Principe]
2
No. 417
Round Island [Mauritius]
2
No. 418
Saint Helena [United Kingdom]
2
No. 419
San Andres [Colombia]
2
No. 420
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
2
No. 421
Santa Cruz [Ecuador]
2
No. 422
Santiago (Galapagos Islands) [Ecuador]
2
No. 423
Sao Vicente [Cape Verde]
2
No. 424
Selvagens Islands [Portugal]
2
No. 425
Seribu Islets [Indonesia]
2
No. 426
Shikoku [Japan]
2
No. 427
Sicily [Italy]
2
No. 428
Singapore
2
No. 429
Siquijor [Philippines]
2
No. 430
Slovenia
2
No. 431
South Australia [Australia]
2
No. 432
Southern Cook Islands [Cook Islands]
2
No. 433
Sporades Islands [Greece]
2
No. 434
Spratly Islands [disputed territory]
2
No. 435
Strofades Islands [Greece]
2
No. 436
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
2
No. 437
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
2
No. 438
Syria
2
No. 439
Tabasco [Mexico]
2
No. 440
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
2
No. 441
Tenerife [Spain]
2
No. 442
Tokara Islands [Japan]
2
No. 443
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
2
No. 444
Trindade Island [Brazil]
2
No. 445
Tromelin [France]
2
No. 446
Tunisia
2
No. 447
Turkey
2
No. 448
Ulithi Atoll [Micronesia]
2
No. 449
Viti Levu [Fiji]
2
No. 450
Wales [United Kingdom]
2
No. 451
Wallis & Futuna [France]
2
No. 452
Washington [USA]
2
No. 453
Zakynthos [Greece]
2
No. 454
Anambas Islands [Indonesia]
1
No. 455
Balearic Islands [Spain]
1
No. 456
Bassas da India [France]
1
No. 457
Biak [Indonesia]
1
No. 458
Boa Vista [Cape Verde]
1
No. 459
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
1
No. 460
British Columbia [Canada]
1
No. 461
Buru [Indonesia]
1
No. 462
Buton [Indonesia]
1
No. 463
Cabinda [Angola]
1
No. 464
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
1
No. 465
Calauit [Philippines]
1
No. 466
Cargados Carajos [Mauritius]
1
No. 467
Cay Sal Bank [Bahamas]
1
No. 468
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
1
No. 469
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
1
No. 470
Channel Islands (UK) [United Kingdom]
1
No. 471
Clarion [Mexico]
1
No. 472
Clipperton [France]
1
No. 473
Corsica [France]
1
No. 474
Culebra [Puerto Rico]
1
No. 475
Endeh [Indonesia]
1
No. 476
Fernandina [Ecuador]
1
No. 477
Floreana [Ecuador]
1
No. 478
Gran Canaria [Spain]
1
No. 479
Guadalcanal [Solomon Islands]
1
No. 480
Halmahera [Indonesia]
1
No. 481
Hebei [China]
1
No. 482
Hermit Islands [Papua New Guinea]
1
No. 483
Hierro [Spain]
1
No. 484
Houtman Abrolhos Islands [Australia]
1
No. 485
Ilhabela Archipelago [Brazil]
1
No. 486
Isla Angel de la Guarda [Mexico]
1
No. 487
Isla de Aves [Venezuela]
1
No. 488
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
1
No. 489
Isla Pequena del Cisne [Honduras]
1
No. 490
Izu Islands [Japan]
1
No. 491
Jarvis [USA]
1
No. 492
Johnston [USA]
1
No. 493
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
1
No. 494
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
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No. 495
Kangaroo Island [Australia]
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No. 496
Karnataka [India]
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No. 497
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
1
No. 498
Lanzarote [Spain]
1
No. 499
Lau Islands [Fiji]
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No. 500
Leyte [Philippines]
1
No. 501
Liaoning [China]
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No. 502
Linosa Islands [Italy]
1
No. 503
Mafia [Tanzania]
1
No. 504
Maio [Cape Verde]
1
No. 505
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
1
No. 506
Midway Islands [USA]
1
No. 507
Minami Torishima [Japan]
1
No. 508
Mona [Puerto Rico]
1
No. 509
Monaco
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No. 510
Monito [Puerto Rico]
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No. 511
Montenegro
1
No. 512
Natuna Islands [Indonesia]
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No. 513
Negros [Philippines]
1
No. 514
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
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No. 515
North Island outlying islands [New Zealand]
1
No. 516
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
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No. 517
Northern Ireland [United Kingdom]
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No. 518
Norway
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No. 519
Palawan [Philippines]
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No. 520
Panay [Philippines]
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No. 521
Pinzon [Ecuador]
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No. 522
Poland
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No. 523
Providencia [Colombia]
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No. 524
Romania
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No. 525
Russia
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No. 526
Sal [Cape Verde]
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No. 527
San Cristobal [Ecuador]
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No. 528
San Juanito [Mexico]
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No. 529
Santa Fe [Ecuador]
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No. 530
Santa Luzia [Cape Verde]
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No. 531
Sao Sebastiao [Brazil]
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No. 532
Sardinia [Italy]
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No. 533
Seram [Indonesia]
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No. 534
Socorro [Mexico]
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No. 535
Solor [Indonesia]
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No. 536
Sombrero [Anguilla]
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No. 537
South Island [New Zealand]
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No. 538
Sumba [Indonesia]
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No. 539
Sweden
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No. 540
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
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No. 541
Ternate [Indonesia]
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No. 542
Tristan da Cunha [United Kingdom]
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No. 543
Vancouver Island [Canada]
1
No. 544
Volcano Islands [Japan]
1
No. 545
Wake [USA]
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No. 546
Western Cape [South Africa]
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No. 547
Wetar [Indonesia]
1
No. 548
Yaeyama Islands [Japan]
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