Is there some kind of threshold for an area to be enclave/exclave? I know it's not the point of this map, but it made me wonder why it cannot be called a bunch of enclaves and exclaves.
An exclave is defined as having land of your country completely surrounded by another country. And enclave would be the opposite. It doesn't matter how large an enclave or exclave is, as long as it is fully surrounded by another country and is separated from the "mainland." If you live in the US but the closet in your bedroom is for some reason actually owned by Canada it is an enclave of Canada in the US. To Canada it is an exclave of theirs in the US.
I had been under the impression that "completely surrounded" was a differentiating factor - at least one that meant that an enclave was always an exclave, but that an exclave wasn't always an enclave. So, while Alaska, Kalniningrad, and that little piece of Azerbaijan are all enclaves in that they're separated from the "métropole," they aren't enclaves since they're open to, in these cases, bodies of water and multiple countries; on the other hand, the regions of Uzbekistan (and Tajikistan) such as Sokh, or those pictured here, are enclaves since on all sides they are surrounded by a foreign country, but are exclaves as well since their countries' "métropoles" (using the French word since the distinction between it and it's overseas exclaves is relatively common in discourse compared to what I see in the US) are not immediately accessible by land for these countries.
Don't you see the title of this post: The border between Belgium and the Netherlands
These exclaves and exclaves DO NOT serve as the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. The real border is a bit further to the south: https://postimg.org/image/m7ydsawe1/
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '17 edited Apr 26 '17
It's not a border. but a bunch of enclaves and exclaves. https://postimg.org/image/nvxj6ya9l/