Rolf,

Märket is real a great story. Do you know if the numbers on the map is marked on the ground?

Jesper

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From: <rpalmber@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Enclaves

> Hi Jesper
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> >I have never heard of the Dhekelia Power Plant. Where is it excactly and
> >how big is the area. And did you go there?
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> It's clearly shown on most maps (on the coast), but I have to admit
> I know very little about it. And no, I haven't been there, just passed
> the station on a bus.
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> >Can you also tell us the story of Märket and why the border changed? And
> >the toilet part too.
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> Märket is an isle shared by Finland and Sweden. In 1885 a lighthouse was
> built on the isle (unmanned from 1979, but border-guards from both
> countries go there regularly. In 1981 someone noticed that the lighthouse,
> which was owned by the Finnish state, was in fact on Swedish soil, and the
> two countries decided to swop land to make things right. At the same time
> it was noted that the toilet used by the Finnish guards was also on Swedish
> soil, so the toilet was included in the rearrangement. (I haven't found any
> reference to the toilet part of the story, so it may be a rumour.).
> There is a map of the isle at
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> http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~pkr01/historia/market.html#sv
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> and a longer background in Swedish.
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> Rolf
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