Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Enclaves<br/>
Date: Apr 25, 2001 @ 07:27<br/>
Author: rpalmber@abo.fi (rpalmber@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-829294836">Hi Jesper<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;I have never heard of the Dhekelia Power Plant. Where is it excactly and<br/>
&gt;how big is the area. And did you go there?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>It&#39;s clearly shown on most maps (on the coast), but I have to admit<br/>
I know very little about it. And no, I haven&#39;t been there, just passed<br/>
the station on a bus.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Can you also tell us the story of Märket and why the border changed? And<br/>
&gt;the toilet part too.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Märket is an isle shared by Finland and Sweden. In 1885 a lighthouse was<br/>
built on the isle (unmanned from 1979, but border-guards from both<br/>
countries go there regularly. In 1981 someone noticed that the lighthouse,<br/>
which was owned by the Finnish state, was in fact on Swedish soil, and the<br/>
two countries decided to swop land to make things right. At the same time<br/>
it was noted that the toilet used by the Finnish guards was also on Swedish<br/>
soil, so the toilet was included in the rearrangement. (I haven&#39;t found any<br/>
reference to the toilet part of the story, so it may be a rumour.).<br/>
There is a map of the isle at<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~pkr01/historia/market.html#sv">http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~pkr01/historia/market.html#sv</a><br/>
<br/>
and a longer background in Swedish.<br/>
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<br/>
Rolf</div>