the attached speculations from message 8209 posted late last
year about the probable wetness of the aeqasa tripoint are
potentially confirmed by the installation of tidal gauges not just
on one side but on each side of the qatari saudi border
as reported at this qasa site
http://www.ignfi.fr/england/projets/diversarabiesaoud.htm
which also shows various qasa monuments
the wetness on both ends of qasa is also supported by all the
available cia maps at pcl
but does the phrase here
on each side of the border
mean
at both ends of the border
or merely
on both sides of the border at one of its ends
in any case i think the idea of a dry aeqasa
tho it still appears on many other maps
is looking rather far fetched at this point
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "I M Naanu"
>
> > Amazing exercise this punctography of UAE internal &
External
> > borders. Wonder how!
>
> multi thanxxx dear naanu
> i swoon at every appreciation of these things
>
> > decided more on allegiance to a particular tribe or a
Sheikh....
> > Often borders would change frequently as allegiances
shifted.
>
> & this explains also the amazing patchwork quilt you guys have
> achieved there
> certainly among the grandest of such creations on the planet
>
> > The Ae-Qa border is, I think under dispute. Some say a short,
> 19km
> > ae-qa border exists, some say not. From practical
experience,
> my
> > company trucks going regularly to and fro between qa & ae
> have to
> > pass through sa border controls before reaching qa border &
> customs.
>
> that was my guess too based on the qa & sa maps i have
seen
> but how much the better to have it confirmed by your account
>
> i think for trypointing purposes it is always a question of what is
> the best available truth
> & i would say the probabilities espoused by disputants are
> normally of equal validity
>
> so fully bagging a disputed tripoint means visiting both
locations
> or all probable locations in the event of a multiple dispute
> such as could well be the case here
>
> quite a mess
> except there is the saving grace that
> all other things being equal
> the de facto situation is more valid than any other probability
> naturally
>
> & in this case since the saudi border controls evidently reflect
the
> truest available aesa & the truest available qasa in this sense
> then i believe the truest available aeqasa is not on dry land at
all
> but a few miles out to sea
>
> & the challenge of deriving the most plausible location for this
> tripoint from the best available data may be even greater than
> that of reaching its location
> even if you were to swim for it
>
> but if as i surmise
> the de facto situation reflects purely the saudi reality
> rather than the qatari &or uaei realities
> the resultant best available tripoint may even be shown on
saudi
> sailing charts
> so it might easily be plotted & visited with gps on your next
> pleasure cruise
>
> > If you could confirm this from the qa or sa side, it would be
> > wonderful.
>
> yes consider it confirmed
>
> > The om-ae-sa tripoint is called Umm-Az-ZumUl and it's a
> harsh and
> > arid place in the northern part of Rub-al-Khali proper.
> Apparently, 4-
> > WD vehicles make trips to this place to see the salt flats as
> well as
> > a deep water well over here.
> > JD had told me that its a beautiful place and advised me to
see
> it
> > for myself. Having followed his advice for the Madha border
> post so
> > close to the Khorfakkan-Fujairah road, I have no doubt any
> expedition
> > to this area will be rewarding in exclusivity.
>
> bravo
> keep me with you for it whenever you go
>
> > > but of all these 13 the most interesting one to my thinking
> > > remains aeom2fumush in the uniquely trisovereign town of
> > > dibba
> >
> > This is indeed, as you rightly meant, 'delicious'. Can't wait!
> >
> > Bye,
> > IMN
>
> & ditto