Subject: Re: Length CYUK
Date: Nov 12, 2002 @ 22:47
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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or make that a round 100 miles instead

probably a little closer to the truth if any

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> giddy of him to give only 1 of the 2 boundary lengths
>
> also
> after looking at the best depiction i could find
> namely the one at pcl once again
> which seems to indicate that these boundaries are comprised
of
> many if not mostly irregular lines rather than straight survey
lines
> i was going to guess a perfectly round 100 km last night
> for the land boundaries of both bases combined
> & nearly posted it
>
> but now with 49 claimed for dhekelia alone
> it is hard to resist increasing my guess slightly
>
> however
> as you probably also realize
> accurate measurement of fiat boundaries is elusive
> chimerical quixotic & practically impossible
> notwithstanding the many seemingly authoritative numbers
> & even seemingly authoritative rosters of them we have seen
> so i think i will stick with my unpretentiously well rounded 100
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jan S. Krogh" <jan.krogh@t...>
wrote:
> > Gideon, p. 183:
> > «... The Dhekelia base is on the northern shore of Larnaca
> Bay, northeast of
> > the city of Larnaca, with a boundary of about 30 miles (49
km.).
> The
> > boundaries are well demarcated by bolundary pillars
> according to the Treaty
> > of Establishment, which was part of the 1960 Independence
> Constitution.»
> >
> > Jan
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jesper Nielsen [mailto:jesniel@i...]
> > Sent: 11. november 2002 23:33
> > To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Length CYUK
> >
> >
> > Anibody?
> >
> > Gideon?
> >
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