in the eyes of enclave lovers a conspicuous omission from the inventory
posted here below
which would perhaps be unforgiveable not to correct immediately
is the fact that the major maritime area of everyones land
namely the area indicated as 1b below
is interrupted no fewer than 18 times by a total of 20 insular exclaves
with associated territorial waters of 10 countries as follows
atlantic ocean
1 ascension united kingdom
2 azores portugal
3 bermuda united kingdom
4 bouvet norway
5 st helena united kingdom
6 south georgia &c united kingdom
7 trinidade brazil
8 tristan da cunha united kingdom
indian ocean
9 amsterdam france
10 cocos & keeling australia
11 crozet & pr edward france & south africa double
12 kerguelen & mcdonald france & australia double
pacific ocean
13 clipperton france
14 easter island etc chile
15 hawaii to midway united states
16 johnson atoll united states
17 minami tori shima japan
18 san ambrosio & felix chile
not all islands but only the remotest ones produce such holes
notably none of the holes is occupied by an independent country
& 2 of them as indicated contain double exclaves or binational enclaves
such as probably occur nowhere else in the world
& which resemble siamese twins on a map
m
>
>further study of relevant works by prescott & blake points in the direction
>of an omnisovereign or common human heritage preserve area of the planet
>comprising
>1 the leading or metropolitan or homeland zone consisting of
> a all antarctica plus
> b the vast adjacent contiguous area of high seas
> in the indian & pacific & atlantic oceans
> extending as far north as greenland
>2 its 15 all oceanic exclaves or coclaves comprising
> a 1 leading & 2 lesser arctic exclaves
> b 2 minor gulf of mexico exclaves &
> c 10 mostly minor pacific exclaves
>totalling 16 units of sea area
>with the overwhelmingly major one adjoining the only land area
>in a combined territory far larger than any other in the world
>
>its hottest points
>besides the south & north poles
>will include the roughly 130 supranational tripoints
> where international boundaries meet the omnisovereign area
>with the great majority falling along the perimeter of the major unit
>
>additionally
>the 161 continental tri country points
> plus an approximately equal number of maritime ones
>from which the idea of everyones land was spawned
>may continue to be recognized as overseas points of enduring interest
>
>by thus recognizing all the remotest outlands as the homeland
>& turning the known world inside out as it were
>we may actually be turning the world upside down again
>& so finally setting it aright with the south pole on top
>
>m
>
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