1. Campobello-type islands
    Inspired by the lively discussion over the past couple of weeks: Does anyone know of any other Campobello-type islands, defined as islands of a continental
    Jun 06, 2004 @ 19:48 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  2. Re: Campobello-type islands
    nice question if i am reading the map right then sjaelland & falster & lolland & any other islands connected to them tho of course all connected to one another
    Jun 06, 2004 @ 23:30 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  3. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    hahaha Sjælland is not connected to Sweden, but Peberholmen is, and then Amager before Sjælland. Funen is also stuck on Sjælland and then connected to
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 04:53 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
  4. Re: Campobello-type islands
    Jesper, you inspired me to Google Peberholmen, which is not even in the 4-kajillion-entry index of the gigantic 2003 eleventh edition of The Times
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 18:31 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  5. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    This is all very interesting. Jesper, can you tell us why the bridge between Denmark and Sweden was not built between Helsingør and Helsingborg where the
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 19:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  6. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    As a matter of fact, that s what alot of people ask around here, too. The bridge has never really been a succes, as most people travelling to Sweden travel up
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 19:44 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
  7. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    Here is nice areal photo of the artificial island called Peberholm and not Peberholmen. Sorry, my mistake. http://www.taarnbynet.dk/oeresund.htm Jesper ...
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 19:58 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
  8. Re: Campobello-type islands
    ... wow i see no lack in it geoh but only the virtue of having elicited such weird answers since i rather doubt any more exact campobello mates will be found
    Jun 07, 2004 @ 22:27 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  9. Re: Campobello-type islands
    ... You doubt that out of the 130+ adjacent continental coastal maritime boundaries that we cannot find even one more Campobello clone??? ... Not my intention
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 00:39 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  10. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    heres a nice explanation of the project around peberholm (or Pepparholm). http://www.ub.es/medame/oresund1.html regards, chris ... From: Jesper Nielsen To:
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 01:25 - chris schulz ("chris schulz" <23568@...>)
  11. Re: Campobello-type islands
    ... maritime ... clone??? well it is just that such a thing would most likely have been reported here already if it actually existed the present & recent
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 01:58 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  12. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Campobello-type islands
    First official royal border meeting on the Oresundsbro: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0007/01/pompa.html Jesper ... From: chris schulz To:
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 06:18 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
  13. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Campobello-type islands
    ... It would consider that it s effectively a separate country/state, particularly since there are immigration controls between the UK and Gibraltar. It s
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 07:13 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  14. Re: Gibraltar
    Kevin, thanks for the recap. Just reinforces the status of Gibraltar as the worst geopolitical pimple on the face of the earth since Hong Kong and Macao became
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 22:14 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  15. Re: Campobello-type islands
    ... Why not Britain? See my reply to Kevin Maynell, subject: Gibraltar. Why not Penon? Because it s not an island. ... I hope so.
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 22:27 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  16. Re: Campobello-type islands
    ... ahh i see no pimples allowed is that it well ok it was your quest ... again clearly sometimes it is an island or i wouldnt have mentioned it the causeway
    Jun 08, 2004 @ 23:41 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  17. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    ... The Gibraltar situation is by no means unique within the EU. The Canary Islands (ES), Ceuta (ES), Melilla (ES), Aaland Islands (FI), Guadeloupe (FR),
    Jun 09, 2004 @ 13:44 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  18. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    ... I have long been of the opinion that external territories/dependencies should be identified by their specific ISO 3166-1 entry for geopolitical/geophysical
    Jun 09, 2004 @ 14:56 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  19. Re: Gibraltar
    i agree with & appreciate your ongoing effort to parse as well as keep everything straight for us especially where our beloved diglyphs are concerned but i
    Jun 09, 2004 @ 17:20 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  20. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    ... IMO, you have to separate the realm from the political units. The Virgin Islands are demonstratively American, but not an integral part of the United
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 12:29 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  21. Re: Gibraltar
    ... hahahaha well you brits may account however you like for your british virgins & your british gibraltar & your entire british realm & all its variegated
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 13:30 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  22. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Gibraltar
    ... While the contortions of the EU as to what and where their various rules do and do not apply are quite amusing to us Americans, we have our own
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 15:03 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  23. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    Lowell/Mike, ... And it becomes harder to understand when people consider the various appendages to be a single political unit. ... My point exactly. It could
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 15:42 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  24. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    Lowell/Mike, ... One thing I forget to add, although I appreciate we re starting to get off-topic here... The fundamental reason that many of the European
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 16:00 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  25. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    Kevin, I agree completely that what is integral or not in various countries is for the various countries to determine. Let each make it s own rules. That is
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 16:32 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  26. Re: Gibraltar
    ... kevin &al you know full well there is no longer any topic here that we could start to get off of or onto it is true we used to have a topic & it was a
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 18:08 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  27. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Gibraltar
    Somehow I doubt the post office would be unable to deliver mail to the proper places even with Republic of Palau. CIA and State give the mailing address of
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 20:02 - Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@...>)
  28. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Gibraltar
    For the USPS position, go to http://www.usps.com/zip4/citytown.htm , enter the zip code 96940, and click Submit. I think first-class mail would get there no
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 20:25 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  29. Re: Gibraltar
    ... for ... the ... Amen, brother.
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 22:08 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  30. Re: Gibraltar
    ... names Amen again.
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 22:11 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  31. Re: Gibraltar
    ... various rules ... various ... Especially when little heed is paid to where the BOUNDARIES are which geographically separate what may or may not be
    Jun 10, 2004 @ 22:18 - geoh88 ("geoh88" <geoh88@...>)
  32. Re: Gibraltar
    hahahaha et tu theia off the map & the wall you are but how did you learn to talk like this too next thing everyone will be doing it & i will have to start
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 03:13 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  33. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Gibraltar
    Unacceptable does not mean that mail won t be delivered. What it means is that it does not match the default name for that city/state combination. You will
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 06:18 - Asher Samuels (Asher Samuels <asher972@...>)
  34. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Gibraltar
    That is almost correct. There is an acceptable default city name for each individual zip code, however there are often other names that are acceptable as well
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 06:43 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  35. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    ... I was under the illusion that boundaries exist because political units exist. If those are misunderstood, then the boundaries are equally likely to be
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 13:56 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  36. Re: Gibraltar
    ... But my dear Master of Illusion & Doctor of Misunderstanding ... ... what makes you suppose they are needed for anything
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 20:37 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  37. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gibraltar
    Saint-Martin is part of Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. Yet the area (1780 sq km) is not included in France (547,030 sq km) - it even notes this
    Jun 11, 2004 @ 22:30 - Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@...>)