this one is especially problematic there are some indications that pillar 40 of the 1956 franco spanish boundary commission may serve as the definitive...
974
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 pm
jesper & friends on tp belarus latvia lithuania gideon says it is 25km south of daugavpils latvia & 25km east of zarasai lithuania & also east of the vilnius...
975
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 pm
tripoint is not exactly fixed owing to a lack of demarcation of all 3 convergent boundaries & is a matter of some doubt tho it is marked on maps it was...
976
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 pm
there was evidently no definitive tripoint marker as of 1979 nor were any of the 3 convergent boundaries demarcated but the tripoint is indicated clearly on...
977
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 pm
this one is problematic too there are some clues that pillar 41 of the 1956 franco spanish boundary commission may serve as the definitive tripoint marker but...
978
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 pm
this is the cabinda exclave tripoint it lies at a natural line intersection where the chiloango river thalweg runs past the ridge of heights that mark the...
979
michael donner
m@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:16 pm
incredibly the tripoint position is left in some doubt despite the fact that all 3 of the convergent boundaries are demarcated & despite the additional fact...
980
Jesper & Nicolette Ni...
jesniel@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:17 pm
Great to find border freaks online Maybe someone is interested in the link http://www.llivia.com Jesper...
981
Arif Samad
fHoiberg@...
Dec 2, 2000 12:06 am
A few things to answer both Mike and Jesper - First of all, the nearest place where I have seen the Gideon book is a library four blocks away. It's only ...
982
michael donner
m@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:39 pm
many beauties here arif ... happily i was able to borrow the hi school copy again til wednesday so fire away til then anyone ... this is fantastic how long do...
983
michael donner
m@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:40 pm
... great freakin language they have there too & nice map right down to the tennis courts it even looks like there may be a second order exclave in the gray...
984
michael donner
m@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:40 pm
something dreamlike about all those russky maps like one might expect to find only sand castles or fictional characters there maybe better in the imagination...
985
michael donner
m@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:41 pm
definitive tripoint since 1964 is marked by a 1931 provisional beacon designated either as number 9 in the westward series demarcating the namibia zambia...
986
David Mark
dmark@...
Dec 2, 2000 6:38 pm
... The little picture on http://www.llivia.com/access.htm seems to confirm my recollection from my visit to Llivia, that there is quite a bit of farmland...
987
kahbeh@...
Dec 3, 2000 7:54 am
Goodmorning, can inform everyone that the 'December-update' just took place on the "Strange border site" Section 11 - Essen and surroundings are now-online ...
988
Jesper & Nicolette Ni...
jesniel@...
Dec 3, 2000 7:21 pm
Mike Thanks for the hard work on the African tripoints. I have decided that since you work so hard and quick I will post your notes on ...
989
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:12 pm
awesome as usual jesper & for me it was only hard & quick play very grateful m ps south africa is coming soon...
990
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:13 pm
you must be right david it was just too fantastical anyway & mapquest & multimap also tend to confirm your view glad to know you have really been there too m...
991
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:14 pm
beauteous bernd & wonderful that you are multi strange now too at first we had a slight strangeness ourselves here but our original one seems to have gotten...
992
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:14 pm
highest salutes to brendan & martin for these multi quantum leaps into frivolity wishing i had a clue m...
993
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:15 pm
president of this developing country is elected by direct popular vote to serve 5 year terms if no candidate receives at least half the total vote the 2...
994
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:15 pm
tripoint was not precisely fixed as of 1979 but is situated in the mekrou river at about n lat 11d 54m 15s & e long 2d 25m 10s it was formerly a vague french...
995
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:16 pm
tripoint is where left bank of nossob river crosses e long 20d exactly as demarcated between 1898 & 1903 by anglo german commission & is at about s lat 24d 40m...
996
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:16 pm
tripoint is probably unmarked on the ground tho it lies at a junction of 3 straight line boundaries at point 109 of the 1912 franco german delimitation in n...
997
michael donner
m@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:16 pm
tripoint is fixed on median line of river niger per 1906 anglo french agreement about 3km north of a cairn at the madekale tuandi lolo road junction at that...
998
Brendan Whyte
brwhyte@...
Dec 3, 2000 11:01 pm
David is correct. The location maps show the enclave to be a crescent shape, with the town at one end, and the castle on the hill above the town. There are no...
999
David Mark
dmark@...
Dec 3, 2000 11:06 pm
I have been to Baarle, Llivia, Gibraltar, Andorra, Point Roberts, San Marino, seen Asia from a US village, Africa from Europe-- but I have never been to an...
1000
Brendan Whyte
brwhyte@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:05 am
The following (hopefully attached!) scans are from: Puigcerda,sheet 217, 1:50 000, Spain (I can't read the publishers info, but the only date given is 1949,...
1001
michael donner
m@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:17 am
cool maps & adventures brendan & congrats to you & us all on message 1000 you must be our millennium specialist anyway does this map mean to indicate...
1002
michael donner
m@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:17 am
wow so does this mean you saw continental russia from little diomede that is extremely cool if so hats off & earmuffs too africa from europe gibraltar well ok ...
