wow
if that had been the ultimate truth
i was barely right to change my guess from 100km to 100mi
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> I could have asked my UK Base contact, and so I did. Here is
the answer:
>
> Boundary length in the WSBA is 47.62km excluding territorial
waters or 99km including territorial waters. For the ESBA it is
90.24km excluding territorial waters and 115km including
territorial waters.
>
> Jesper
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: acroorca2002
> To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:47 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Length CYUK
>
>
> 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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