---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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) > > > >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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donna G. Schenstrom Associate Director Cartographic Services Laboratory University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 414-229-4865 414-229-4866 Geography email: [log in to unmask] 414-229-3981 Fax UWM homepage: http://www.uwm.edu Cart Lab homepage: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CartLab