ahh thanx peter
so in this case suriname seems to have a rather good case
despite the fact that brazil also places this tripoint to surinames detriment
much like at brgysr
as shown by
http://info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/suesq.html
but this is only because a brazilian dutch commission marked the entire
brnl boundary between these tripoints in the 1930s
however mysteriously in view of the events you mention in 1900 & 1975
with coords as in
http://info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/sumar.txt
as detailed in portuguese in
http://info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/suhist.html
so i think until something better comes along
we are lucky to be able to specify that
brfrsr is disputed but monumented at
n lat 2 deg 12 min 05 sec 472 thou
& w long 54 deg 21 min 37 sec 584 thou
& brgysr is disputed but monumented at
n lat 1 deg 33 min 56 sec 952 thou
& w long 56 deg 16 min 56 sec 820 thou
m
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., michael donner <m@d...> wrote:
>> called in this case the maroni river triangle dispute
>> haha
>> & definitely worth checking out on a map
>> but unlike the brgysr details the brfrsr details are scarce on
>both the
>> dispute & contingent tripoint
>> so holler if you should find any at all
>> m
>
>Hollering
>
>The Marowini/Marouini triangle was awarded to the Netherlands through
>arbitration by the emperor of Russia in 1891, but it looks like there
>has been some sort of an agreement since (maybe 1900, maybe concluded
>in Basle, the sources are not really clear), that stated otherwise.
>I'm still searching. As you may have guessed, the issue at stake was
>not different from the Upper Courantyne one (which upper branch is
>the main river, since it has been decided the main river is the
>boundary).
>
>According to <http://suriname.esmartweb.com/boedel_d.htm>
>http://suriname.esmartweb.com/boedel_d.htm , in 1975
>(independence of Surinam) the Netherlands and France were in
>accordance about the boundary from the confluence of the Marowini (or
>Marowijnekreek in Dutch) and the Litani (called Itany in French)
>northwards, and it was stated by the Dutch p.m. Joop den Uyl: Omtrent
>de grens ten zuiden van de samenvloeiing van de Marowijnekreek en de
>Litani geldt het, blijkens het op 14 november 1975 door delegaties
>van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Franse Republiek
>ondertekende protocol,door de koninkrijksdelegatie bepleite
>koninkrijksstandpunt, onverminderd hetgeen blijkens dit protocol
>gemeenschappelijk wordt aanbevolen als leidraad voor een te sluiten
>grensverdrag en een verdrag betreffende economische samenwerking
>tussen Suriname en de Franse Republiek. [About the boundary south of
>the confluence of the Marowini and the Litani the protocol, signed by
>the delegacies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the French
>Republic on november 14, 1975, giving the point of view of the
>Kingdom, notwithstanding that what is recommended jointly by this
>protocol as a guidance for a boundary treaty, and an economic
>cooperation treaty yet to be concluded between Surinam and the French
>Republic, is in force].
>
>This document is a letter of Joop den Uyl to the Surinam government
>describing the boundaries of the colony on the eve of independence,
>which was november 25, 1975.
>
>Peter S.
>
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