I have gone to Jesper's source, zoomed in, and captured a clearer
version for our interpretation. It is attached.
First, the contours are in feet, not meters. (The Map Mart site says
so.) Note also that the distance scale is in miles.
The contour interval is 250 feet. On this map, contours of 0, 250, 500,
750, and 1,000 feet are shown.
Between the 750 and 500 contours (to the northeast of the lake, anyway),
we find the depiction of the escarpment.
Descending from the 0 contour, we find, first, the shore of the
intermittent lake, then the shore of the more permanent lake.
Within the northwestern lobe of the intermittent lake, we find several
shoals that rise above the 0 contour (although they are covered,
incongruously, with the blue stipple indicating intermittent
inundation). The tripoint appears upon the shoulder of one of these
shoals, just slightly above the 0 contour.
I think that we can conclude that this best-known topographic map
(whatever its possible imprecisions) shows the tripoint in a relatively
flat lacustrine basin.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@yahoo.com>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz is reportedly undelineated
& definitely elusive
> as you say could not be very much higher
> please be aware
> the map if it can be believed shows the tripoint 2
> distinct levels above the normal water level of the
> recognizably outlined lake
> &
> at least some if not all the elevation gradients are
> 250 meters apart
>
> --- "Lowell G. McManus" <lgm@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>> Jesper,
>>
>> Thanks very much for the three PDF maps of the area
>> and the referral to Google Earth. When Google Earth
>> debuted, I tried it, but it did not work for me. I
>> tried it again today, and it works great!
>>
>> I think that your PDF maps demonstrate that the lake
>> in the tripoint depression is variable in level and
>> size over time or season, flooding the tripoint at
>> times. Since this appears to be the case, the
>> tripoint could not be very much higher in elevation
>> than the more regularly wet lakebed farther
>> southeast.
>>
>> Lowell G. McManus
>> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase
>> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:47 PM
>> Subject: SV: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz is
>> reportedly undelineated & definitely elusive
>>
>>
>> No fancy results of terrain (or 3d) to show as the
>> entire areas is very flat. The tripoint itself is at
>> water level at 0m and the surroundings do no go
>> higher than 160 meters.
>>
>> But please learn to use the free Google Earth,
>> downloadable at http://earth.google.com , yourself.
>>
>> Jesper
>> --
>> Borderbase - your online guide to international
>> borders and tripoints
>> http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
>
>
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