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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 months agoCanada now has a land border with Denmark. Have fun with that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up26·9 months agoSmall text explains that exclaves are excluded, otherwise Brazil also has a land border with France.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoHad to think about this but I don’t think an island is considered an exclave. The reason for this is because it is entirely surrounded by water, not another piece of land. Islands are not usually considered to be exclaves. https://homework.study.com/explanation/is-hawaii-an-exclave.html it’s paywalled but the answer came through on google. The island is right beside both Canadian and Denmark (greenland) land, so it’s not exactly isolated or surrounded by either.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoGreenland might count as an exclave itself, though.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoOh shit, yeah, I forget it’s considered an island. I see Indonesia borders Papua on that map, and that’s the same situation. Plus, Greenland isn’t treated separately from Denmark, which would be the other possibility. Maybe they don’t have data on it? /s
minus-squareovercast5348@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoEdit: I’m wrong, ignore the rest of my comment. Leaving it around for the world to see my shame. An enclave is one country’s land that’s completely surrounded by another country’s land. The land border between Canada and Denmark is on an island, and each country “owns” half the island. There’s no enclave involved here.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s totally arbitrary for the purposes of making the map look better. Otherwise Indonesia wouldn’t be on the continent.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoAlso, Denmark and Sweden, via the Øresund Bridge
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThe vikings were far more impressive the last time.
Canada now has a land border with Denmark. Have fun with that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
Small text explains that exclaves are excluded, otherwise Brazil also has a land border with France.
Had to think about this but I don’t think an island is considered an exclave.
https://homework.study.com/explanation/is-hawaii-an-exclave.html it’s paywalled but the answer came through on google.
The island is right beside both Canadian and Denmark (greenland) land, so it’s not exactly isolated or surrounded by either.
Greenland might count as an exclave itself, though.
… Not if islands are not.
Oh shit, yeah, I forget it’s considered an island.
I see Indonesia borders Papua on that map, and that’s the same situation. Plus, Greenland isn’t treated separately from Denmark, which would be the other possibility.
Maybe they don’t have data on it? /s
Edit: I’m wrong, ignore the rest of my comment. Leaving it around for the world to see my shame.
An enclave is one country’s land that’s completely surrounded by another country’s land.
The land border between Canada and Denmark is on an island, and each country “owns” half the island. There’s no enclave involved here.
“Ex” vs “en”
Oops, my bad.
It’s totally arbitrary for the purposes of making the map look better. Otherwise Indonesia wouldn’t be on the continent.
Also, Denmark and Sweden, via the Øresund Bridge
The vikings were far more impressive the last time.