Subject: Tripointers Ahoi! - US-Venezuela-NethAnt border<br/>
Date: Jul 22, 2005 @ 03:19<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-483789752">I came across an analysis of this maritime border treaty  of Mar 28,<br/>
1978.  It says the US-Venezuela border starts at the tripoint between<br/>
the US, Venezuela and Neth. Ant, &quot;approx 67 miles&quot; equidistant from<br/>
each territory, but won&#39;t be fixed until there is a boundary agreement<br/>
with &quot;a third party&quot; (obviously Netherlands).  It says that under no<br/>
circumstance, will the tripoint be any further west than <br/>
15.14.28 N<br/>
68.51.44 <br/>
<br/>
Searching through other treaties,  I also came across one that<br/>
establishes a 100+ mile long, open water border zone 20 NM wide<br/>
perpendicular to the shoreline between Chile and Peru - within which<br/>
fishing boats can inadvertently &quot;violate&quot; their neighbors&#39; fishery<br/>
zones without penalty from the other country.<br/>
<br/>
LN</div>