{"id":48,"date":"2008-02-09T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:06:38","slug":"double-landlocked-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/double-landlocked-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Landlocked Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A landlocked country is one that does not have a coastline. Presently 43 landlocked countries exist so it&#8217;s not a particularly rare occurrence. However, two countries conform to &#8220;doubly landlocked&#8221; situations and that is much more unusual. Those occur when landlocked countries completely surround another landlocked country. Someone beginning a journey from a double landlocked country would have to cross two international borders before reaching a coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uzbekistan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/dnevill\/3045753459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3036\/3045753459_4d35381edd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tashkent Central Mosque. Photo by Dan Nevill; (CC BY-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Tashkent, Uzbekistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most recent doubly landlocked country is Uzbekistan (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/s1mh6oLXT6AqxQX79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) which declared independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Its immediate neighbors, all landlocked themselves, are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some purists may disagree with this designation or at least place an asterisk next to it. Two of Uzbekistan&#8217;s neighbors, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, border on the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea connects to the Black Sea through the Lenin Volga-Don Shipping Canal which joins the Volga River and the Don River via a 101 km waterway. Using this man-made canal it&#8217;s possible to travel from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, then across the Mediterranean Sea and on to the Atlantic Ocean. Even so I think one can make a good argument that Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan should qualify as landlocked. A canal is hardly a &#8220;coastline.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liechtenstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leftymgp\/14711952827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5564\/14711952827_e9e213544f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Liechtenstein. Photo by Matthew Peoples; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Liechtenstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other double landlocked country is Liechtenstein (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MU2zHS5wj6zAbeVd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). This tiny principality sits firmly between Switzerland and Austria. Although it gained independence in 1806 it did not become doubly landlocked until 1918 when its neighbor Austria lost its Adriatic coastline in the aftermath of World War I. 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