7.9M views · Dec 2, 2013 · 11:54 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2015–2018
WonderWhy surveys complex international borders, including enclaves like Vatican City, San Marino and Lesotho, the enclave-within-enclave town of Baarle, and the India-Bangladesh Cooch Behar region.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN points to it as a visual explainer of enclaves, exclaves and counter-enclaves, especially in threads on the India-Bangladesh exchange.
“For a great explanation of the enclaves and exclaves described in the article”HN comment, 2015
“For a great explanation of the enclaves and exclaves described in the article”
Visual explanation of enclaves and exclaves
For a great explanation of the enclaves and exclaves described in the article, you might like to check out this youtube video: this video The visual aids definitely help.
“There's a fascinating YouTube series”
Fascinating coverage of enclaves, exclaves and counter-enclaves
There's a fascinating YouTube series called "The Most Complex International Borders in the World" about enclaves and exclaves. [1] There are even some "counter-enclaves", e.g. a part of the Netherlands inside Belgium inside the Netherlands. [2] [1] this video [2] link
Video on complex borders including India and Bangladesh
Until this past year, the India/Bangladesh border was similar - there was even a triple-deep enclave (india inside bangladesh inside india inside bangladesh... I think...). They just recently did a land swap to make the border more sane, and also easier on the inhabitants, who didn't have freedom of movement between the parts. this video
“The YouTube channel WonderWhy has a video”
Video on complex borders, enclaves and exclaves
The YouTube channel WonderWhy has a video ( this video ) on complex international borders wrt enclaves and exclaves.
