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In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods. There are several exclaves between the United States and Canada, including the entire state of Alaska (though the state can still be accessed by sea from the United States, except the small settlement of Hyder, which is only accessible by road from British Columbia).
Canworthy Water: 188.53 Weston Sub Edge: Separated from main body by Aston-Sub-Edge: 445.79 West Bradley: Hornblotton Green: 447.53 Milton: Chesterton Fen: 78.37 Scotforth: Burrow Heights: 77.02 Pendock: Sledge Green: 180.74 Old Hunstanton: Nondescript/tidal island: 51.37 Thorpe St Andrew: Thorpe Island (River Yare) 9.25 Fylingdales: Helwath ...
This category is for territories that are exclaves of a U.S. state or territory. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A.
Satellite imaging of Cartí Sugtupu, Panama in 2022, showing rising sea levels submerging the island and forcing hundreds of indigenous Guna people to relocate.. This article lists several areas, regions, and municipalities that have either been completely or markedly depopulated, or are involved in plans for depopulation or relocation due to anthropogenic climate change.
The Maryland Jesuits were drawn into slavery, he said, as a way of conforming to the colonial system in which they were trying to operate, so as not to upset secular authorities.
Exclave – part of a county completely detached from its main territory, and surrounded by territory of another county or counties.; Satellite exclave – many exclaves were accompanied by smaller ones, ranging from field strips of a fraction of an acre (see Donisthorpe under Derbyshire, below) to farms of a couple of hundred acres (see Caversfield under Buckinghamshire).
[6]: 283 Pene-exclaves are also called functional exclaves or practical exclaves. [5]: 31 Many pene-exclaves partially border their own territorial waters (i.e., they are not surrounded by other nations' territorial waters), such as Point Roberts, Washington, and Minnesota's Northwest Angle. A pene-exclave can also exist entirely on land, such ...