In a country that is split into two or more non-adjacent parts, with another country in between, an extraterritorial crossroad is a strip of land that formally belongs to neither country, or with other special arrangements. Often these strips of land are to be formally administered by the United Nations.

Examples of exraterritorial crossroads include:

• Germany after World War I. Poland separated East Prussia (now Kaliningrad Oblast) from Germany. East Prussians chose for their area to remain a German enclave.
• The proposed Jewish and Arab states under the 1947 UN Partition Plan. Jewish Palestine was cut in half by Arab Palestine.
• Some peace plans for former Yugoslavia

Extra-territorial crossroads can be compared to buffer zones such as the one in Cyprus. Buffer zones are legally similar, but the purpose is to separate two countries, rather than to facilitate movement.

See also:

• DMZ