Subject: Re: Aves Is, Caribbean
Date: Aug 30, 2001 @ 16:50
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
> Posted today on int-boundaries:
>
> Aves Island (a sandbar) in the Caribbean Sea. Several states
concluded
> bilateral maritime border agreements based on the idea that
this "island"
> can produce an EEZ. In fact this "island" is only inhabited by a
number of
> Venezuelan soldiers (see attached picture of Aves and army
quarters). These
> soldiers have to make an annual retreat to the mainland at the
beginning of
> every hurricane-season because it becomes too dangerous to stay.
>
> BW
>
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