Subject: Re: gvivli
Date: Apr 02, 2002 @ 18:42
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> > Guinea/Ivory Coast/Liberia tripoint:Global
> Unfortunately, the tripoint isn't on Mont Nimba, as the attached
> Explorer map shows. The 5748ft summit on the Guinea/Cote d'Ivoireborder is
> Nimba, which is the highest peak in both those countries. The ridgeof Nimba
> mountains then runs SW to the 4544ft summit, Gbaam, which is thehighest
> point in Liberia. Somewhere in between, at a point Biger callsMount Neun,
> is the tripoint. I've never been able to track down a position forthis
> mountain, but it's at the headwaters of what Biger calls the NeunRiver,
> which appears as the Nuon on this map.map,
> Biger's description of the river courses are inconsistent with this
> which is frustrating - he implies that the source of the CavallyRiver is
> also near the tripoint. When I had Brownlee's book out on loan Idid check
> to make sure that Nimba was not the tripoint (it wasn't) butunfortunately I
> didn't keep a record of the exact location of the tripoint - atthat time I
> was more interested in whether Nimba was the highest summit in twoor three
> countries.
>
> Grant