The importance of one feature in this area was described with the poetic line "Who wants to pass beyond [that feature], Must also pass beyond pain."  
The importance of one feature in this area was described with the poetic line "Who wants to pass beyond [that feature], Must also pass beyond pain."  This area's northwest is nicknamed the "Useful Triangle" for valuable deposits of a certain mineral. A low gravel wall called the Berm separates the areas of control in this area, which is the subject of the UN peacekeeping mission MINURSO. Early (*) Portuguese explorer Gil Eanes discovered the first passable route around this area's coastal feature of Cape Bojador. A nationalist movement in this area declared the ► Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1979, which led Mauritania to abandon its share of joint control of it. For 10 points, the Polisario Front seeks the independence of what disputed territory currently controlled by Morocco.
The importance of one feature in this area was described with the poetic line "Who wants to pass beyond [that feature], Must also pass beyond pain."  
Western Sahara [or Aṣ-Ṣaḥra' al-Gharbiyah; or Sahara Occidental]