OpenStreetMap
Found this oddity through Chetan, that I never recalled seeing before.
At first thought someone squared a border, but this was created 4 years ago and is a disputed border area between Chile and Argentina.
Not been able to find many maps that show the border like this, but here is some interesting reading:
- Border Disputes - A Global Encyclopedia: Southern Patagonia Ice Fields
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field - Wikipedia
The Southern Patagonia Ice Fields from ISS. Source
Discussion
Comment from SomeoneElse on 3 June 2016 at 16:08
Most “international boundaries” discussions take place over at http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=53173 - a trawl through the history there might find some prior discussion.
Currently in OSM it’s not a “country”, though it has been recently:
http://osm.mapki.com/history/relation.php?id=4112727
As ever with discussing actual changes, comments on the discussion on changesets that changed the state are the best way to try and understand what’s happening, such as happened with osm.org/changeset/37389042 .
Comment from PlaneMad on 9 June 2016 at 14:02
Thanks SomeoneElse for the backstory. Always fascinating to read a disputed border story :)
Comment from PlaneMad on 9 June 2016 at 14:21
Interestingly the Siachen Glacier In the Himalayas has a similar history of lying in an undemarcated zone that is claimed by India and Pakistan. The situation changed in 1998 after a war broke out between the two and the Indian army finally took control of the highest battlefield on earth.