Subject: Four or five new enclaves?
Date: Jun 30, 2004 @ 03:58
Author: L. A. Nadybal ("L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
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I don't think we've discussed any of this before, but has enyone heard
of or studied the border complexities between Chile, Bolivia and Peru?

I came across a set of Bolivian postage stamps from 1992 commemorating
the establishment of and the raising of the Bolivian flag over
"Boliviamar" and part of the harbor of Ilo, both in Peru. Boliviamar
is a 3 mile long recreation beach. The harbor provides otherwise
landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific. It's not clear to me if the
territory comprising the beach is contiguous with the harbor or not.
I've not been able to find a good map.

While trying to find a map, I came across a Chilean map that shows
that Peru possesses three pieces of land in the northern Chilean
harbor of Arica. On these three pieces sit the town train station, a
customs house and a large dockside warehouse on a mole in the harbor.
An administrative map published by the Chilean foreign ministry marks
off the pieces and shows them as not being under Chilean control. This
has existed since June 3, 1929, as a result of the Treaty of Lima.

The design and the wording on the Bolivian stamps do not lead one to
believe we're dealing with extraterritoriality here, but a cession of
some sort. Anyone know more or have a copy of the reelevant treaties?

Regards

Len Nadybal