A good friend and colleague, Dr Daniel Arreola, has posted much of his historic US-Mexico border town postcard collection on the following website:...
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Christopher R. Merlo
cmerlo441
Jul 5, 2011 4:11 am
Hi everyone, and a now-belated Independence Day to the other Americans among the group. I just uploaded a bunch of photos to Flickr, from a road trip I took...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Jul 9, 2011 4:14 am
Pursuant to a referendum in January, the Republic of South Sudan assumed independent sovereign status at 12:01 a.m. local time on July 9. In the hours since,...
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Diego González
fronterasblog
Jul 9, 2011 9:17 pm
It has been a long and bloody process, actually. Welcome to the independence. Well, is there a prize for the first of us to cross the new border? :D 2011/7/9...
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RayM
dcnomaguy
Jul 10, 2011 8:37 am
Ah, but which border and there's the rub. If you're coming across from Kenya, the Ilemi is still in dispute with as many as six possible lines from which to...
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Richard Lam
hatisinga
Jul 10, 2011 8:42 am
Apparently, South Sudan has been issuing visas on arrival even before they split with the north. Here’s the blog of somebody who travelled to Juba overland...
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Diego González
fronterasblog
Jul 11, 2011 10:55 am
A funny fact is that while Samoa is advancing "one day in the future", American Samoa will keep its actual date. Twe two Samoas will be separated by the...
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Goyta' F. Villela...
goytabr
Jul 11, 2011 11:49 am
... Much better than doing it on the Diomedes! Brrrrr! Regards, Goytá...
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Jan S. Krogh
jakro64
Jul 12, 2011 6:48 pm
Finally, after Lithuania and Russia signed their border agreement in 1997 the Lithuanian side today "rushed" and started the demarcation job with putting down...
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Jesper Nielsen
jesniel
Jul 12, 2011 8:23 pm
Thanks, but I don’t think LT & UA share a boundary. Jesper _____ Fra: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:borderpoint@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af Jan S....
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Jan S. Krogh
jakro64
Jul 13, 2011 6:49 am
Of course not, I had in mind BYLTPL! Jan ... From: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:borderpoint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jesper Nielsen Sent: Tuesday,...
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Diego González
fronterasblog
Jul 13, 2011 8:32 am
At least much more warmer! 2011/7/11 Goyta' F. Villela Jr. <goytabr@...> ... -- http://fronterasblog.wordpress.com At least much more warmer! 2011/7/11...
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Hugh Wallis
hughwallis
Jul 13, 2011 8:37 am
Shame. No more skulking through the Polish woods looking over pne's shoulder for border guards. :( Sent from my iPhone - please forgive terseness and typos ......
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Barry Arnold
barry_432
Jul 13, 2011 4:30 pm
I know. That was half the fun. To: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com From: hughwallis@... Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:37:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [borderpoint] LTRU...
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Barry Arnold
barry_432
Jul 13, 2011 4:31 pm
Thanks for the update Jan. To: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com From: jan@... Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:49:43 +0300 Subject: RE: [borderpoint] LTRU...
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george
geoh88
Jul 18, 2011 6:27 pm
From the finose tripoint monument in the lake to where no-se enters the Iddefjorden, is anyone aware of any points at which the border crosses an arm of the...
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Jan S. Krogh
jakro64
Jul 19, 2011 9:01 am
George, the NOSE border does not run over any seawater bay or fiord until it reaches Iddefjorden. But is passes a lot of lakes on its way. The full list of...
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Jesper
jesniel
Jul 19, 2011 11:23 am
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,775020,00.html Are there examples of present bridges spanning international waters? And what laws would apply...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Jul 19, 2011 3:44 pm
If you will look at the map at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Strait_tiran_83.jpg , you will see that there is a large intermediate Saudi...
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george
geoh88
Jul 19, 2011 6:26 pm
Thanks, Jan. Very helpful. ... reaches Iddefjorden. But is passes a lot of lakes on its way. The full...
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george
geoh88
Jul 20, 2011 6:04 pm
... Just did a quick scan of the table of contents of UNCLOS, and I do not see anything relating specifically to bridges. The English-language Wikipedia...
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george
geoh88
Jul 20, 2011 9:31 pm
Regarding the last few kilometers of the land border portion of co-ve before it enters the Gulf of Venezuela:` Does anyone know if the inlet/bay has a common...
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Peter Smaardijk
ps1966nl
Jul 20, 2011 9:45 pm
Laguna de Cocinetas  Peter ... From: george <geoh88@...> Subject: [borderpoint] co-ve To: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011,...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Jul 21, 2011 1:19 am
Coming this fall: The U.S. Geological Survey will make ALL (over 200,000) historic topographic maps from 1884 to 2006 available on-line as free downloads in...
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george
geoh88
Jul 21, 2011 5:31 pm
... Thanks, Peter. From approximately 11.48.44N 71.22.44W where the straight Colombia-Venezuela boundary approaches (or enters) the Laguna de Cocinetas, as it...
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Peter Smaardijk
ps1966nl
Jul 21, 2011 6:18 pm
See http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/afdi_0066-3085_1989_num_35_1_2887Â (illustration from this publication I send as attachment). Â So...
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george
geoh88
Jul 21, 2011 6:58 pm
Peter, Thanks for the quick info and attachment. I see that this boundary is discussed (en Francais) on pages 27-29 of the publication which you linked;...
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george
geoh88
Jul 22, 2011 9:15 pm
Yes, as you stated, footnote 61 specifies "costa seca" from Hito de Calaveras to Hito de Cocinetas. Does anyone have personal knowledge about the current...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Jul 22, 2011 10:59 pm
I've never studied the concept of "costa seca" [dry coast], but it sounds very much like what the rest of us would call the high-tide line--the landward limit...
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Robert Eidschun
reidschun
Jul 23, 2011 12:32 am
I was in the Kaliningrad Oblast on Sunday, July 10th, 2011 right near the border with Lithuania, and the Russian border patrolman there explained that there...
