Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Spiro-Quadripoints
Date: Nov 03, 2004 @ 03:01
Author: Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@...>)
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> if i understand you correctly
> it is rare but not really unique
>
> another one occurs in baarle & a third in bengal
>
> we have been calling these border crosses
>
> there are many on lower than international levels
> too
>
> the bwnazmzw quadripoint probability you mention is
> indeed different
> & only exists sometimes
> maybe
> as it involves moving thalwegs etc
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Wolfgang
> Schaub"
> <Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
> > All of you sure know the Jungholz enclave,
> surrounded by Germany
> and bound
> > to Austria via a quadripoint on top of
> Sorgschrofen. This is unique
> in that
> > it is the only one (? or another one at
> Namibia/Sambia/Botswana...?) in this
> > world where borders of independent countries meet.
> >
> > There is another uniqueness: Borders of just TWO
> countries form this
> > quadripoint. This is only possible in a spiro
> binding, one border
> across the
> > other.
> >
> > Has anybody seen another spiro quadripoint in this
> world? The
> Sastavci
> > enclave in Bosnia appears to almost fulfill the
> criteria, but only
> almost.
> >
> > Wolfgang
>
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