Exploring enclaves - Geographical
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Geographical takes a look at the geography of some tricky international boundaries
A close look at Google Maps can reveal some very odd borders between countries. Often it seems one country has swallowed a little piece of another, and is quietly digesting it.
These tricky, indigestible zones are enclaves and exclaves. But which is which?
‘An enclave is a piece of another country within your own country. An exclave is a piece of your country in someone else’s country. It simply depends on which side of the fence you’re on!’ says Brendan Whyte, Assistant Curator of Maps at the National Library of Australia.