In Geography
- Curaçao is a 171-square-mile (440 km2) island in the southern Caribbean Sea
- Falling Waters State Park is a 171-acre (0.69 km2) Florida State Park near Chipley, Florida
- Fox Valley No. 171, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Garrett Park, Maryland land area of 171 acres (0.69 km2)
- Shotover is a hill and forest in Oxfordshire, England which rises to 171 metres above sea level
- Vernal, Utah is located 171 miles (275 km) southeast of Salt Lake City
- 171 Madison Avenue, New York, home to publishers such as Hippocrene Books and George Braziller
- The 171st meridian east and 171st meridian west
- The Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, of which 48 are inhabited
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