Where is that Dutch exclave?
Are we talking about the piece of land attached to Belgium where the town of Terneuzen is?
Jesper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mats Hessman" <Mats@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 9:49 PM
Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Historic geographic anomalies
>
> David wrote:
>
> > > HISTORIC GEOGRAPHIC ANOMALIES
> > > --
> > > Please help fill the list!
> >
> > How do you define this category?
>
> I haven't really thought of how to define historic
> geographic anomalies, but let me try right away:
> Because they are historic they should be gone, in
> one way or another, but they should have been around
> long enough and recently enough to attract our
> attention, shouldn't they?
>
> I have seen the discussions on this list as to what
> constitutes an enclave or an exclave. For example,
> we don't seem to be able to agree upon whether Jungholz
> is an exclave or not. But it certainly is a geographic
> anomaly, isn't it? And a unique and very interesting
> one, too.
>
> So for me a georaphic anomaly is something that you
> see on a map, and instantly feel an urge to go there,
> this feeling being based on the appearance on the
> map alone.
>
> But an anomaly is not an ordinary country or a city,
> there has to be a certain degree of extraordinarity
> about the borders of the anomaly.
>
> In short: if you are predisposed in a way that we who
> contribute to this list all seem to be, you will
> know a geographic anomaly when you see one! (Unless
> your vision is clouded by birdwatching... :)
>
> Here is another one to put on the list, by the way:
> The Saar-area between Germany and France, that was
> finally merged with Germany (West) after a referendum.
>
>
> Arif wrote:
>
> > I am sorry I haven't been able to put the Berlin
> > exclaves online.
>
> I'll be waiting eagerly!
>
> > Mats, I made a mistake when I wrote exclaves.
> > There is only one exclave in Belgium.
>
> I understand.
>
> > I have better paper maps of
> > almost all the exclaves that you put online, so I can
> > send them to you if you give me your snail-mail
> > address.
>
> Yes, please! Your unexpected courtesy really surprises
> me, and I'll be very grateful.
>
> Please send to:
> Mats Hessman
> Ideon
> S-223 70 Lund
> Sweden
>
> Please don't hesitate to include maps of the Berlin
> exclaves, should you have any.
>
> And please tell me what I can do for you in return.
>
> > Talking about Walvis Bay, you know about the
> > twelve tiny coastal islands of Namibia which were
> > South African, right?
>
> I didn't know. Thanks for the info.
>
> Mats
>
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