Moroccan borderwall | defensive wall (fortification)

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See also the completely wrong course of the borderlines in the UNO-map www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/minurso (the same in wikipedia)

The so called "corridor" (allegedly controlled by the Polisario)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flags_of_Morocco_and_the_SAD... from the Algerian border near Tindouf to the Atlantic Ocean actually consists of three areas separated from each other, of which the western along the ocean is even controlled by Mauritania, but not by the Polisario.
wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=21.107563&lon=-16.413574&z=...
The 3 isolated areas are limited by the border demarcation of the Moroccan Wall, here it crossesby 12 km.
and several times also in the south the borderline to Mauritania as drawn by the former colonial powers.


about land mine hazard: cisr.jmu.edu/journal/14.3/spcl_rpt/cucinotta/cucinotta....
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Wall
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Coordinates:   25°54'21"N   11°48'38"W

Comments

  • is it inside mauritania?
  • perhaps a territorial exchange with the triangle of Choum
  • i don't think so, unless we've not been told by officials.
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