Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] divided islands-an answer
Date: Apr 28, 2001 @ 11:31
Author: David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Peter Hering wrote:
> Hi Arif,
> concerning divided islands in Scandinavia,
> this is my guess:
> 1- they act as boundary markers - easy to
> see, instead of buoys...
> 2- since most of Scandinavian border regions
> are inhabited by only very few people,
> conflicts over ownership make no sense...
> 3- they symbolize good neighbourhood!
>
> Anyway, Jesper and I are planning a short
> 2 day expedition to the southern part of the
> SeNo border and plant BoundaryPoint's flag
> on these islands - wanna come...?!?
> Regards - good weekend
> Peter H.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Arif Samad
> Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 23:49:57
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Indian mess - French to blame?
>
> Brendan, Thank you for the research. I guess
> Goretty disappeared as an enclave at some time. I
> have not been able to find the 1991 census handbook,
> so you are definitely more current.
> I should have rephrased my question on divided
> islands. I noticed there are other islands that are
> divided, but the big islands mentioned were divided
> with full knowledge of colonial consequences. They
> are big islands that had to be divided as different
> groups were in control of parts before the islands
> were eventually divided and the division couldn't be
> circumvented. Only US-Canada and Scandinavian borders
> seem to divide tiny islands that could easily be
> circumnavigated by the boundary lines. I wonder why
> that is. Mike's explanation makes a lot of sense
> though. Then again, all of them could just be
> mistakes.
> Brendan, don't you have the points for Baarle?
> Maybe you could create excel charts of the small
> enclaves in Baarle like ones done for Cyprus.
> Arif
>
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