Northern Territories

Northern Territories may refer to several geographic locations:

  • Northern Territories (北方領土, Hoppō Ryōdo?), a term used by the Japanese to refer to the territory disputed with Russia. See Kuril Islands dispute
  • Historical name of part of Ghana, a former British Empire protectorate, itself divided into the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions of modern Ghana.

It may informally refer to:

  • Northern Territories of Canada, the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
  • Northern territories of Israel, the Northern District and the Golan Heights.

Famous quotes containing the words northern and/or territories:

    “Sophocles long ago
    Heard it on the Aegaean, and it brought
    Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
    Of human misery; we
    Find also in the sound a thought,
    Hearing it by this distant northern sea.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “Curiosity doesn’t matter any more. These days people don’t want to be transported to emotional territories where they don’t know how to react.”
    —Hector Babenko (b. 1946)