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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Disconnected States (answer)
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 10:44:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 10:44:22 1985
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I have received only one response to the disconnected states puzzle:
> The states of Hawaii and Michigan (among others) have disconnected land
> areas, but are geographically connected if you include their water areas.
> 
> What states remain disconnected even if you include their water areas?
> I can think of two.

Q-Bick (ihnp4!qubix!lab) correctly named Kentucky as one of the disconnected
states.  The far western end of Kentucky is a tiny peninsula formed by a
meander of the Mississippi River which is bounded on the south by Tennessee
and on the remaining three sides by Missouri.

The other disconnected state is New York.  Ellis Island and Liberty Island
(home of the Statue of Liberty) are considered part of New York, but they
both lie entirely within New Jersey waters.
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Dave Seaman			 ..!pur-ee!pucc-h:ags