Subject: Re: Walvis Bay Boundary Pillars
Date: Jan 31, 2005 @ 22:46
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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>following
> A State Department boundary study from 1972 provides the
> about the final borders that existed around the Walvis Bayexclave of RSA:
>AfricaSouth-West
> "The alignment of the Walvis Bay part of the South
> Africa boundary is based on the report and map of Wrey'ssurvey of
> 1885. The arbitration award of 1911 confirmed thedemarcation from
> pillars A through G, and the remainder of the boundary was notof
> contested at the time of or following the arbitration proceedings
> Senor Prida.of
>
> The Walvis Bay part of the boundary is demarcated as follows:
>
> Pillar A, situated at Pelican Point;
> Pillar B, 15 geographical [nautical, 6,080 ft.) miles, to the south
> the former, near the coast;marking
> Pillar C, behind the mission station at Rooibank;
> Pillars D, E, and F, between the preceding pillar and Ururas,
> a line which separates the sand-hills from the left, or south,bank of
> the River Kuisip;the
> Pillar G, on the opposite side of the same river, coinciding with
> extremity of the land asked by for Mssrs. Wilmer and Evensonin Ururas;
> Pillar H, on the top of Rooikop, in the desert of Nariep;of
> Pillar J, on the top of the black rock called Nuberoff, situated on
> the south bank of the River Swakop, at a distance of 10 miles
> approximately from its mouth;
> Pillars K, L, and M, following the general direction of the course
> the Swakop towards the sea; and
> Pillar N, in Walfisch Bay, in front of the Resident's house "
>
>
> Regards to all,
>
> LN