Subject: Re: New Cyprus tripoints uncovered
Date: Jan 06, 2004 @ 22:12
Author: m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <knm@m...> wrote:
> Jesper,
>
> >On the lovely detailed Nicosia map there are several such
tripoints, and
> >it's very surprising to find a greek-turkish boundary outside the
buffer zone.
>
> It's not completely clear from the map, but I would think the most
obvious
> tripoint is at the Roccas bastion where the Turkish and Greek
sectors are
> only separated by the height of the city walls, and abut against
the UN
> zone at the Paphos Gate. There is a park on the Roccas bastion
(located in
> the Turkish sector) which overlooks the road in the Greek sector
that leads
> to the Ledra Palace crossing.
>
> >or at least the rear wall was "smack up" to the Turkish sector.
Actually
> >on my North Nicosia tourist map the church is on their side of the
line.
>
> My impression was that the church was actually located in the UN
buffer
> zone, albeit accessible from the Greek side. However, it's
difficult to
> tell for certain, because even with a reasonably accurate map such
as the
> one you provided, the thickness of the green line can be difference
between
> one building or another.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin Meynell