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== Geography oddities ==
== Geography oddities ==
=== sink holes ===
[[File:Thor's Well (37588682016).jpg|Thor's Well (37588682016)|500px|border|right|thumb|Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon]]
[[File:Thor's Well (37588682016).jpg|Thor's Well (37588682016)|500px|border|right|thumb|Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon]]
* Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon, that drains at high tides
* Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon, that drains at high tides
=== Enclaves & Exclaves ===
* see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave
* enclave = a country or territory that is entirely surrounded by another country or territory
** "enclave" is derived from the Latin "inclavare" for "to close with a key," meaning one property that is entirely surrounded by another proprerty
** nation state enclaves:
*** Vatican City (within Italy)
*** San Marino (within Italy)
*** Losotho (within South Africa)
** semi-enclave states are surrounded by another states by land but also have a water border, such as:
*** Monaco (surrounded by France and the Mediterranean Sea)
*** The Gambia (
*** Brunei (
*** several other enclave states exist politically independent but not recognized officially as independent
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* exclave = a territory or part of a country that is separated from the main country or territory
* examples
== Geographic extremes ==
=== biggest nation ===
=== smallest nation ===
* The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa
** The Gambia is a semi-enclave surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean
=== directional extremes (north, south, east, west) ===
* northernmost state in the continental U.S.: Minnesota
* northernmost point in the continental U.S.: Northwest Angle, Minnesota, known as "The Angle"
**
** one of six "practical exclaves" of the U.S.
** it was
** see: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle  Northwest Angle (wiki)]
== Resources & websites ==
* [https://www.atlasobscura.com/categories/geographic-oddities atlasobscura.com Geographic Oddities]
* [https://www.joelstrait.com/geographical_oddities_of_the_united_states/#:~:text=%20Geographical%20Oddities%20of%20the%20United%20States%20,a%20portion%20of%20the%20border%20between...%20More%20 joelstrait.com Geography Oddities of the United States ]