Subject: Re: The border between nowhere and somewhere<br/>
Date: Oct 12, 2003 @ 14:10<br/>
Author: m06079 (&quot;m06079&quot; &lt;barbaria_longa@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-533411920">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Jesper Nielsen&quot; <br/>
&lt;jesniel@i...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Always wondered by tripoint are always located at the middle of <br/>
 </span></blockquote>nowhere? <br/>
<br/>
usually because the tripoint represents historically the last place <br/>
anybody cared about<br/>
<br/>
for example in the usa many of the tristate points are attached to <br/>
or completely surrounded by indian reservations<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;my question: You are standing at the Pacific beach of let&#39;s say <br/>
 </span></blockquote>USA. The you are offcourse in the USA. Walk out 5 meters, and <br/>
you would still claim you are in the US.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; How far out should you get before you are no longer in the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>USA?<br/>
<br/>
the sovereign territory of the usa & most other countries ends 12 <br/>
nautical miles farther out to sea than the coastal baselines<br/>
which themselves connect all the capes & other headlands at <br/>
low tide<br/>
<br/>
so in most cases you would have to walk at least 14 miles <br/>
farther out to sea</div>