Subject: Re: Perfs & Frags
Date: Nov 25, 2001 @ 21:15
Author: Grant Hutchison ("Grant Hutchison" <granthutchison@...>)
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Well, I can't count. Barring *more* mistakes ...
23 countries contain 271 perforations. These consist of:

253 conventional land enclaves (exclaves of other countries)
3 enclaved countries (Lesotho, Vatican, San Marino)
4 high seas enclaves perforating national EEZs (eg Shikoku Basin)
3 territories enclaved entirely by EEZs (eg St Pierre & Miquelon)
8 territories enclaved by combined land & sea borders (eg Monaco)

33 countries have a total of 329 detached fragments:

253 conventional exclaves (enclaved by one other country)
19 EEZ islands in the high seas (enclaved by Everyone's Land)
3 island territories enclaved by the EEZ of another country
7 territories on the coast of another country and enclaved
by that country's EEZ
47 other fragments, hemmed in by land and/or sea belonging to
several nations

Grant