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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 11:27:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Donna G Schenstrom <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Doubly-landlocked countries" (fwd)
 
Uzbekistan does not touch the Caspian Sea.  It does touch the Aral Sea.
 
On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 10:20:16 +1000
> From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: "Doubly-landlocked countries" (fwd)
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> >Another odd question:  I was asked what the term "doubly-landlocked"
> >means.  This person heard it in the context of there being only two
> >countries in the world that are "doubly-landlocked," one of
> >them being Uzbekistan.*  My only idea is that it means you have to
> >traverse two countries to reach the sea from these countries.  Anyone
> >else have insight on this term?
> >(* Deliberately left the other out; trivia quiz: name the other
> >"doubly-landlocked nation!)   --- Ken Rockwell, U of U, Utah, USA
> >
> In other words, the landlocked country is surrounded by countries that are
> themselves landlocked. Liechtenstein being the other (Switz and Austria
> surrounding it). Uzbekistan joins the Caspian though. Does this count as
> Sea? or as a large 'lake'? There are canals through to the Black Sea and
> hence the high seas. A question I have been pondering is does the Caspian
> count as sea, or would Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakstan also count as
> landlocked? And is there any 'high seas' on the Caspian? I think Iran is
> the only one not wanting to divvy the whole sea up.
> The only other pseudo-example is the Hopi nation in Az. enclaved by the
> Navajo nation, enclaved by the US.
>
> Brendan Whyte
> U of Melbourne, Australia
>
 
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