Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark + Singap/Malays ia
Date: Jun 14, 2001 @ 20:26
Author: Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen ("Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
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Speaking of tunnel borders:

Does anyone know if any borders within tunnels are marker`?

Jesper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mats Hessman" <Mats@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:20 PM
Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark + Singap/Malays ia


>
> And then there is the case with borders
> in tunnels under the sea, and I can think of
> only one; France - UK.
>
> If we think there are only two categories,
> land borders and sea borders, then I'd count
> bridge/tunnel-border as land borders.
>
> After all, they have a lot in common with
> ordinary land borders; wheeled traffic can
> cross them, you can put boundary markers in
> the ground on them, overly pedantic customs
> officers can harrass you at them and you can
> close them with off with fences and barbed wire.
>
> Then again, they are so special and therefore
> exciting to us boundary-nuts, that they may
> qualify for a classification of their own?
>
> Let there be:
> 1. Land borders
> 2. Sea borders
> 3. Man-made-constructions borders
>
> Btw, does this have any bearing on the discussion
> on clave classification? :) Are there man-made
> claves? Aren't (weren't) there some quite interesing
> cases in the Canal Zone, as has been put forward here
> recently?
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hering [mailto:hering@...]
> Sent: 14 June, 2001 22:00
> To: BoundaryPoint@egroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Boundary lines Sweden-Denmark + Singap/Malaysia
>
>
> Very interesting subject, Mats!
> Quite recently, Jesper and I had a
> discussion on this topic:
> are boundaries on bridges to be seen
> as land boundaries.. it goes not only for
> the new "Oeresundbro" betw. Se + Dk,
> but for the socalled "causeway" between
> Singapore and Malaysia as well - I've
> crossed this causeway/dam several times
> and recall it to be quite a "broadway"
> compared to bridges...
> (and quite a dangerous place, btw-
> remember Singapore's demands of
> everybody looking neat and "beardless"
> in the old days...?!?)
> Peter H.
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