Ethiopia:
landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost
with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993
Europa Island:
wildlife sanctuary
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
deeply indented coast provides
good natural harbors; short growing season
Faroe Islands:
archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one
uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically
located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic;
precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands
Fiji:
includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited
Finland:
long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost
national capital on European continent; population concentrated on
small southwestern coastal plain
France:
largest West European nation
French Guiana:
mostly an unsettled wilderness
French Polynesia:
includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French
Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the
Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and
Nauru
French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
islands component is widely
scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean