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World maps by year · AD 1970

World map in AD 1970

180 polities have borders on the map in AD 1970. Open AD 1970 on the interactive map →

Changes since AD 1960

New on the map (49): Algeria, Anguilla, Barbados, Botswana, British Honduras, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Colony of Antigua and Barbuda, Colony of Grenada, Colony of Saint Lucia, Colony of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Colony of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Congo-Kinshasa, Dominion of Fiji, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia (1962-1991), First Nigerian Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Japan (1968-1972), Kenya, Kingdom of Tonga, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, North Yemen, Oman, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Socialist Republic of Romania, Somali Democratic Republic, South Africa, South Yemen, St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia

No longer on the map (46): Portuguese Goa, Portuguese India, British Guiana, Sultanate of Lahej, British Mauritius, Crown Colony of Malta, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, French Algeria, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, British Honduras Colony, Aden Protectorate, Colony of Fiji, Colony of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Maldives Protectorate, Zanzibar Protectorate, Protectorate of Uganda, Sierra Leone Protectorate, Protectorate of Kuwait, Protectorate of Tonga, Swaziland Protectorate, Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea, Union of South Africa, British Cameroons, Wallis and Futuna Colony, British Kenya, Protectorate of Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Territory of Western Samoa, Ruanda-Urundi, Aden Colony, Colony of North Borneo, Colony of Singapore, Crown Colony of Sarawak, FPR of Yugoslavia, Romanian People's Republic, Federation of Malaya, Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation (1952-1962), Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Japan (1953-1968), Federation of Nigeria, Egyptian administration of Gaza, West Indies Federation, Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, Congo-Léopoldville, Somali Republic

States and empires in AD 1970

Battles, AD 1970 – AD 1979

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1970 – AD 1979

Significant earthquakes, AD 1970 – AD 1979

The 20 strongest of 297.

58 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1970 – AD 1979.

Sources

Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.