Subject: partition of lake nicaragua is still uncertain<br/>
Date: Nov 26, 2000 @ 03:15<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1597816281">hopes of finding a second order quintipoint in lake nicaragua have been<br/>
encouraged by the recent discovery that various islands in the lake are<br/>
definitely associated with at least 3 of the 5 departments surrounding the<br/>
lake<br/>
<br/>
but the islands could have become attracted to their respective departments<br/>
by geographical proximity alone rather than by any formal territorial<br/>
distribution of the lake as a whole<br/>
<br/>
nevertheless the relation of the lake & its islands to the departments so<br/>
far as they are known makes it seem likely that a quintidepartmental point<br/>
may already exist or could eventually emerge within a large empty area in<br/>
the middle of the lake<br/>
<br/>
however it is still unclear whether nicaragua has actually adopted here the<br/>
same pie slicing technique as was formerly used to divide antarctica & as<br/>
survives on the tertiary level for dividing lake okeechobee among 5 florida<br/>
counties<br/>
or whether some other scheme for the allocation of the lake has been adopted<br/>
or  again  whether all of lake nicaragua remains entirely & indivisibly<br/>
nicaraguan<br/>
  as its very name implies<br/>
in much the same way as navigable canadian waters remain indivisibly<br/>
canadian & belong to no province or territory<br/>
<br/>
for the overview please see<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Nicaragua_pol_97.jpg">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Nicaragua_pol_97.jpg</a><br/>
in which the area inscribed  lago de nicaragua  represents the most<br/>
probable target zone for any actual or potential quintidepartmental point<br/>
<br/>
the fact that no maps or descriptions of departmental boundaries within the<br/>
lake have been found is not conclusive<br/>
for such a data gap could as plausibly indicate the indifference of the<br/>
mapmakers or the obscurity of the legal basis as the actual territorial<br/>
integrity of the lake<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
a series of handsome outline maps of the departments & municipalities of<br/>
nicaragua may represent the best available truth for the time being<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mail.cablenet.com.ni/pais/deptos/rsanjuan.html">http://mail.cablenet.com.ni/pais/deptos/rsanjuan.html</a> at least clearly<br/>
indicates that the solentiname archipelago belongs to rio san juan<br/>
department<br/>
<br/>
& the corresponding html for rivas department similarly shows ometepe<br/>
island belongs to that department<br/>
& that of granada department shows zapateca island belongs to that department<br/>
while corresponding maps of chontales & boaco departments show no islands<br/>
in association with them<br/>
as you can see<br/>
<br/>
  for these  or to enjoy any other  departments of nicaragua  in pastels<br/>
  just change the department name in the above url<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
to be sure<br/>
any help in coming to a positive determination of this matter would be<br/>
greatly appreciated<br/>
since a nicaraguan  quinti secondary  point  bochgrriri<br/>
  if it exists<br/>
will clearly outrank the floridian  quinti tertiary  point  glhemaokpa<br/>
in the quest for the most sovereign point on earth<br/>
<br/>
m</div>