Talk:List of enclaves and exclaves

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Coastline paradox

So in this article it states: "Therefore, Vinokurov applies a quantitative principle: the land boundary must be longer than the coastline." But we have a problem here. Coasts are fractals, therefore all coasts have an infinite length. While land borders are typically well defined and do have a set length, they will always be less than the coastline because the true length of any coastline is infinite. Coastline paradox.

We need a better definition for semi-exclaves because this definition does not work. Once we have a working definition it would be nice to put the definition of all of these terms at the top of the page in a separate section for easy reference. Stidmatt (talk) 20:47, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts, Washington is currently in an exclave category, but does not appear on this list. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:20, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Point Roberts is listed in the section titled, "Pene-enclaves/exclaves (including inaccessible districts)" under the "National level" heading. Jeff in CA (talk) 08:11, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

administrative levels

Each enclave listed in this section has an administrative level equivalent to that of the one other entity that entirely surrounds it.

Scratching my head over how it could be otherwise. —Antonissimo (talk) 04:04, 30 November 2025 (UTC)