Border Anomalies

Bizarre borders and exclaves

Chapter 1

Nested puzzle pieces of the world

Chapter 2

Splintered nations and isolated patches

Chapter 3

Stretched shapes and skinny corridors

Chapter 4

Living on the edge and unclaimed lands

YOUR GOAL

Master of Bizarre borders and exclaves

Ch 4 · Living on the edge and unclaimed lands
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misslily Border Anomalies

Step across the kitchen line (into Belgium, yeah!) / Where's your front door? (that decides your nation, oh!)

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misslily Diomede Islands, the tomorrow and yesterday islands

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Diomede Islands, the tomorrow and yesterday islands

misslily Separated by just 2.4 miles of water, Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA) are divided by the International Date Line.

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The library split by two nations

misslily The Haskell Free Library and Opera House deliberately sits directly on the border between Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec.

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Mount Everest's split summit
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misslily Mount Everest's split summit

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Fun Fact

Pheasant Island swap: Pheasant Island, located in the Bidassoa River, swaps ownership between France and Spain every six months, a tradition unbroken since 1659.

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Gossip

Which border experience is best?

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Quiz

Which treaty established the rotating sovereignty of Pheasant Island in 1659?

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misslily The library split by two nations

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Quiz

Why is the desert territory of Bir Tawil unclaimed by both Egypt and Sudan?

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misslily Pheasant Island, the rotating condo

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Quiz

What is the term for a territory that is shared equally by multiple sovereign powers?

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misslily Bir Tawil, the land that nobody wants

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Quiz

The international border between which two countries runs directly through the summit of Mount Everest?

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Quiz

How often does Pheasant Island swap its sovereignty between France and Spain?

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Quiz

What divides the US island of Little Diomede and the Russian island of Big Diomede?

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Quiz

How far apart are the US and Russian Diomede Islands at their closest point?

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Quiz

What unique feature marks the border inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House?

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