Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Four or five new enclaves?
Date: Jun 30, 2004 @ 22:53
Author: Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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From: "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:58 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Four or five new enclaves?
> I don't think we've discussed any of this before, but has enyone heard
> of or studied the border complexities between Chile, Bolivia and Peru?
>
> I came across a set of Bolivian postage stamps from 1992 commemorating
> the establishment of and the raising of the Bolivian flag over
> "Boliviamar" and part of the harbor of Ilo, both in Peru. Boliviamar
> is a 3 mile long recreation beach. The harbor provides otherwise
> landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific. It's not clear to me if the
> territory comprising the beach is contiguous with the harbor or not.
> I've not been able to find a good map.
>
> While trying to find a map, I came across a Chilean map that shows
> that Peru possesses three pieces of land in the northern Chilean
> harbor of Arica. On these three pieces sit the town train station, a
> customs house and a large dockside warehouse on a mole in the harbor.
> An administrative map published by the Chilean foreign ministry marks
> off the pieces and shows them as not being under Chilean control. This
> has existed since June 3, 1929, as a result of the Treaty of Lima.
>
> The design and the wording on the Bolivian stamps do not lead one to
> believe we're dealing with extraterritoriality here, but a cession of
> some sort. Anyone know more or have a copy of the reelevant treaties?
>
> Regards
>
> Len Nadybal