the following summary of brownlie was lifted from
message 975

> tripoint is not exactly fixed owing to a lack of

demarcation of all 3

> convergent boundaries
> & is a matter of some doubt
> tho it is marked on maps
>
> it was generally established in the early 20th

century by french colonial

> decrees
>
> a 1944 colonial publication gave geocoordinates of
> n lat 19d 12m
> e long 4d 16m
>
> but the u s dept of state in 1975 gave
> n lat 19d 08m 30s
> e long 4d 14m 30s
>
> this represents a difference of about 10km

& this suggests jesper has preferred to push his pin
fairly strictly in accordance with the mentioned 1944
french colonial documentation
while my attached tripoint stretching diagram prefers
the position given repeatedly but approximately by the
american ibs in the 1970s

either of these could yet prove to be the correct
neighborhood
with emphasis on neighborhood
since each is looking potentially more approximate
than the other

mine for example
given the way the coords were expressed by the ibs
could conceivably have enough play in it to fall back
nearly as far as the position shown by the erroneous
google depiction
over 500 meters away

so best to keep a very open mind on this one & visit
both the french & american neighborhoods when you go
just in case
but dont expect to find anything in either case

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