Subject: a fourth consecutive north american megapoint is likely<br/>
Date: Nov 23, 2000 @ 23:02<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1191082843">the discovery earlier this year of a mexican quadristate point<br/>
  counterpart of the azconmut 4corners point of the united states<br/>
    & also of the new canadian quadrisecondary point at mbnunwsk<br/>
has turned the north american megapoint hunt toward central america<br/>
where a valid quadrijunction may also occur among the guatemalan departments of<br/>
  baja verapaz<br/>
  chimaltenango<br/>
  guatemala<br/>
  & quiche<br/>
<br/>
  note<br/>
departments in central america are like states & provinces in north america<br/>
& they are perhaps less federative than administrative entities<br/>
  but if you doubt the sovereignty of administrative subdivisions<br/>
    then just consider the counties & even the individual citizens of<br/>
florida lately<br/>
<br/>
anyway if this prospective guatemalan point proves real & not just a<br/>
chimera or penequadripoint<br/>
  as often happens in such cases on closer scrutiny<br/>
then there already exists a 4link chain of 4corner countries<br/>
  canada<br/>
  united states<br/>
  mexico<br/>
  guatemala<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
moreover a fifth & sixth country link might even be added to the chain<br/>
since el salvador & honduras appear to share with guatemala a trinational<br/>
quadridepartmental point<br/>
where the salvadorean departments of chalatenango & santa ana meet the<br/>
guatemalan department of chiquimula & the honduran department of ocotepeque<br/>
<br/>
incidentally such a triprimary quadrisecondary point<br/>
if it actually exists<br/>
is likely unique & paramount in the world<br/>
being analogous to but higher than the gancsc tristate quadricounty point &<br/>
several similar trisecondary quadritertiary points of the united states<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
but it gets even better if you try to extend the chain to a seventh country<br/>
namely nicaragua  where<br/>
  tho no certain subdivisional megapoint can be found<br/>
el lago de nicaragua<br/>
  a quintidepartmental lake of uncertain partition<br/>
could yet engender or even presently contain a quintidepartmental point<br/>
that is<br/>
a higher version of glhemaokpa the quinticounty point of lake okeechobee<br/>
& therefore a still stronger candidate for global maxipoint<br/>
but this is still far from certain<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
needless to say<br/>
megapointers are in hot pursuit of all 3 of these newfound probabilities<br/>
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m<br/>
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for best details so far  see pcl map library</div>