Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] updated description of everyones land
Date: Jan 11, 2001 @ 08:28
Author: Mats Hessman (Mats Hessman <Mats@...>)
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> in the eyes of enclave lovers a conspicuous omission from the
> inventory
> posted here below
> which would perhaps be unforgiveable not to correct immediately
> is the fact that the major maritime area of everyones land
> namely the area indicated as 1b below
> is interrupted no fewer than 18 times by a total of 20
> insular exclaves
> with associated territorial waters of 10 countries as follows
>
> atlantic ocean
> 1 ascension united kingdom
> 2 azores portugal
> 3 bermuda united kingdom
> 4 bouvet norway
> 5 st helena united kingdom
> 6 south georgia &c united kingdom
> 7 trinidade brazil
> 8 tristan da cunha united kingdom
>
> indian ocean
> 9 amsterdam france
> 10 cocos & keeling australia
> 11 crozet & pr edward france & south africa double
> 12 kerguelen & mcdonald france & australia double
>
> pacific ocean
> 13 clipperton france
> 14 easter island etc chile
> 15 hawaii to midway united states
> 16 johnson atoll united states
> 17 minami tori shima japan
> 18 san ambrosio & felix chile
>
> not all islands but only the remotest ones produce such holes
>
> notably none of the holes is occupied by an independent country
> & 2 of them as indicated contain double exclaves or
> binational enclaves
> such as probably occur nowhere else in the world
> & which resemble siamese twins on a map
>
> m
>
>
> >
> >further study of relevant works by prescott & blake points
> in the direction
> >of an omnisovereign or common human heritage preserve area
> of the planet
> >comprising
> >1 the leading or metropolitan or homeland zone consisting of
> > a all antarctica plus
> > b the vast adjacent contiguous area of high seas
> > in the indian & pacific & atlantic oceans
> > extending as far north as greenland
> >2 its 15 all oceanic exclaves or coclaves comprising
> > a 1 leading & 2 lesser arctic exclaves
> > b 2 minor gulf of mexico exclaves &
> > c 10 mostly minor pacific exclaves
> >totalling 16 units of sea area
> >with the overwhelmingly major one adjoining the only land area
> >in a combined territory far larger than any other in the world
> >
> >its hottest points
> >besides the south & north poles
> >will include the roughly 130 supranational tripoints
> > where international boundaries meet the omnisovereign area
> >with the great majority falling along the perimeter of the major unit
> >
> >additionally
> >the 161 continental tri country points
> > plus an approximately equal number of maritime ones
> >from which the idea of everyones land was spawned
> >may continue to be recognized as overseas points of enduring interest
> >
> >by thus recognizing all the remotest outlands as the homeland
> >& turning the known world inside out as it were
> >we may actually be turning the world upside down again
> >& so finally setting it aright with the south pole on top
> >
> >m
> >
> >
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