for historical background & details of the ethnographical island
http://93.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GA/GALLABAT.htm

for descriptions of the area & the present border crossing there
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/afr/eth_pc.htm

for a thru travelers account & pix of the neighborhood
http://enableafrica.net/features/feature_42.htm

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:

> for the more or less exact location of the suspected claves
> this map shows it as gallabat on the atbara river
> http://tinyurl.com/g3ib
> aka al qalibat & the atrabawi river
> as mentioned in the article
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> <orc@o...> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "m donner"
> > <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > >
> >
>

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030703/200307030

> > 5.html
> > >
> > > slightly incoherent report of a new sudan ethiopia border
> deal
> > > apparently producing some new international claves
> > > or pockets of some type
> > > at least for the present
> > > in an area i havent been able to pinpoint
> > > but probably near the kenya tripoint
> >
> > on the contrary
> >
> > it has just been spotted near the eritrea tripoint
> >
> > oops