Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] binational quadripoints and others
Date: Sep 22, 2000 @ 21:19
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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this entire message is a continuous mind blower & i will only grasp at the
few straws that i can
intermittently below

>As I have previously mentioned, the intersecting
>borders between Bangladesh and India could be hard to
>confirm as India and Bangladesh does not supply
>perfectly accurate maps at the current points because
>of boundary disputes. The only way to confirm would
>be to find detailed colonial boundary maps, which
>unfortunately could also be in the governments' hands.
> I am quite sure even the soldiers who guard the area
>does not know if the point exists.

this is totally unbelievably crazy & i dont doubt it is true

>
>While in the search for tripoints, why don't we
>include Tin Bigha in discussion. It is the small
>connecting way between Bangladesh and
>Dahagram-Angorpota, one of its enclaves. Even though
>the sovereignty remains Indian, effective ownership
>changes hands every hour. If we argue Tin Bigha to be
>a neutral territory, then four tripoints are created.

yes lets please include them
& any more of this also incredible news
for it adds blinking lights to our list
which could certainly use the makeover
& which i would gladly correct

is there any hope for a map or more detail of any sort on these babies

also i hope you will not mind if i mention a breakthru page for which i
know you were largely responsible
http://vwww.abo.fi/users/rpalmber/enclaves.htm
which i just discovered while browsing for tin bigha

>
>Oops, I forgot Canada's local quadripoint. I did not
>remember either Mauritania or Albania. I also thought
>there was an intersecting border in the east of
>Brasilia, but there is a small border section of
>Brasilia on the river. I think I saw one quintipoint
>in the book, but I do not remember exactly. The whole
>book I saw was not of quadripoints, but of
>administrative divisions and its oddities. It would
>make my job much easier if there was a book just on
>quadripoints. I am interested in all sort of boundary
>oddities, but they peak the rarer the oddities are.
>Thus quadripoints interest me more than tripoints.
>For this reason, I might not enter a discussion of
>tripoints or extreme directional points (as most
>people here probably knows more than me), but if the
>discussion enters on enclaves, quadripoints or
>bisecting borders, I am all ears.

indeed
& we are birds of a feather
so lets just write the freakin book of megapoints & gigapoints together
& that way we can be sure it exists

or it might just want to be a collection of web pages like that enclave page

also i have a feeling that the quintipoint you are talking about having
caught sight of in this book might have been a maritime
quintiadministrative division point of a south pacific island country which
however has recently redistricted it out of existence

>
>The Bangladesh-India border happens to be one of the
>most interesting out there. I have already mentioned
>Tin Bigha and all the enclaves. However, as there are
>so many rivers in the area, whenever a river changes
>course, the boundary would remain as it has been
>previously. I have heard of dry land of one country
>being created on the banks of the other country. I
>wouldn't be surprised if divided islands have been
>created and disappeared too. It is too costly for the
>countries to stabilize the border, so it remains
>messy.
>
>A person I know have been in some of the
>Bangladeshi-Indian enclaves, so it doesn't seem that
>there is a chance of being arrested if anybody do
>visit the enclaves. I will try next time.
>
>Arif Samad


wonderful
thank you again arif
this is absolutely delightful
keep dishin
we love you

m