Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Historic geographic anomalies<br/>
Date: Dec 31, 2000 @ 23:59<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-235920451">david  cool<br/>
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  all our available vikings may already be out celebrating<br/>
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porkkala was leased by the finns to the russkies as a naval base in 1944<br/>
for 50 years<br/>
but they gave it back & left in 1956<br/>
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  the absolut must have been too thin for them<br/>
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skoal<br/>
m<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Mats Hessman wrote:<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; HISTORIC GEOGRAPHIC ANOMALIES<br/>
&gt;&gt; --<br/>
&gt;&gt; Please help fill the list!<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;How do you define this category?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; Porkala<br/>
&gt;&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.com/exclaves/porkkala.jpg">http://www.geocities.com/exclaves/porkkala.jpg</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.com/exclaves/porkkala.jpg">http://www.geocities.com/exclaves/porkkala.jpg</a><br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Was Porkkala formerly part of some nation-state other than Finland? (I was<br/>
&gt;just there, birdwatching, in June 2000, and had no idea it was<br/>
&gt;geographically unusual.)<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;David </span></blockquote></div>