Subject: Re: caprivi strip - Yes Zimbabwe touches Caprivi<br/>
Date: Mar 07, 2004 @ 00:22<br/>
Author: m06079 (&quot;m06079&quot; &lt;barbaria_longa@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1503593952">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Artur Kroc&quot; &lt;kroc@i...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Ernst Stavro Blofeld <br/>
&gt; &lt;blofeld_es@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; --- &quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@c...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; . This is, to my knowledge, the only point in<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; the world<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; (quadruple point) where four countries meet at one<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; point...<br/>
&gt; Only one? <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>not even 1 for sure artur<br/>
the above title & local informant to the contrary notwithstanding<br/>
<br/>
as i mentioned in messages 13416 & 13417 & 13419<br/>
to which the long encyclopedia article covering this was attached<br/>
the best available nutshell answer to the original question is<br/>
maybe sometimes<br/>
<br/>
& this uncertainty & this transiency are owing to the known fact <br/>
that at least 2 of the 4 convergent borders dont stand still but <br/>
constantly move about <br/>
by definition <br/>
with the living thalwegs of rivers<br/>
<br/>
& there is far from any certainty that everything has ever lined up <br/>
there to form an exact quadripoint even for a fleeting moment<br/>
<br/>
very much likelier are a pair of tripoints with a very short <br/>
botswana zambia border between them<br/>
all moving about as specified <br/>
to be sure<br/>
but with no contact at all between namibia & zimbabwe<br/>
<br/>
trust me on this one<br/>
or do the reading<br/>
<br/>
more below<br/>
<br/>
I think, that another one is maritime quadripoint:  Nauru, <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati. <br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/oceania.gif">http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/oceania.gif</a><br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.worldstadiums.com/oceania/maps/oceania.shtml">http://www.worldstadiums.com/oceania/maps/oceania.shtml</a><br/>
&gt; Is it true?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>these are not actually international boundary lines but <br/>
allocational lines that simply group all the islands correctly<br/>
<br/>
the boundaries of the actual territorial seas of these countries <br/>
are generally about 12 nautical miles from land<br/>
& those of their exclusive economic zones are generally up to an <br/>
additional 188 nautical miles<br/>
<br/>
a map of these actual borders is shown at<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://maritimeboundaries.com">http://maritimeboundaries.com</a><br/>
& there are no known quadripoints among them either<br/>
<br/>
more to come in another message</div>