Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] divided islands-an answer
Date: Apr 28, 2001 @ 14:16
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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of course
of course
we are with you
what does the flag look like
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> 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 guessGoretty disappeared as
>an enclave at some time. Ihave not been able to find the 1991
>census handbook,so you are definitely more current. I should have
>rephrased my question on dividedislands. I noticed there are other
>islands that aredivided, but the big islands mentioned were
>dividedwith full knowledge of colonial consequences. Theyare big
>islands that had to be divided as differentgroups were in control of
>parts before the islandswere eventually divided and the division
>couldn't becircumvented. Only US-Canada and Scandinavian
>bordersseem to divide tiny islands that could easily
>becircumnavigated by the boundary lines. I wonder whythat is.
>Mike's explanation makes a lot of sensethough. Then again, all of them
>could just bemistakes.Brendan, don't you have the points for
>Baarle?Maybe you could create excel charts of the smallenclaves in
>Baarle like ones done for
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