Subject: More about the Spain/France/Andorra east tripoint<br/>
Date: Sep 17, 2001 @ 17:01<br/>
Author: marcelmiquel@navegalia.com (&lt;marcelmiquel@navegalia.com&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1443725721">Hello.<br/>
<br/>
 I’ve more informations about the Adorra/Spain/France east tripoint.<br/>
<br/>
First.- Attached to this e-mail, a map on-line from the cartographic <br/>
institute of the catalan government  ( www.icc.es ) apr. 1:10.000, so <br/>
an official map.  Only the spanish border is marked, but it’s a very <br/>
clear an fine boundary line. The tripoint would be the south one, but <br/>
it seems some meters away, direction west, from the point that Eef had <br/>
marked. Just a  question: what about the border marker 427, according <br/>
the treaty the tripoint? According to this map, it would be in the <br/>
Andorra/France border.<br/>
<br/>
Second.- The andorran border is not well-defined. I’ve read an article <br/>
of Joan Becat: “Les fronteres d’Andorra i els límits parroquials, en <br/>
relació amb la vida i l’ecnomia pastorals”( Centre d’Estudis Catalans. <br/>
Universitat de Perpinyà, 1994 ). He doesn’t mention the tripoint, but <br/>
he explains that at least there are two disputed zones near the <br/>
tripoint. Between Andorra and Spain, a zone above the Montmalús peak, <br/>
and between Andorra and France, a border zone not fixed nor recognized, <br/>
les Abelletes, near the Valira peak.<br/>
<br/>
Third.- I’ve seen the Atlas of Andorra, edited by the Andorran <br/>
government. There’s a 1:50.000 map. It’s curious: at the west tripoint, <br/>
the three lines of the borders are marked, but at the east one, only <br/>
the andorran border is marked. The tripoint seems to be the south one.<br/>
<br/>
Fourth.- The treaty and the delimitation act seems to add more <br/>
confusion:<br/>
Art. 1 from the 1866 treaty: “The common limits line to Spain and <br/>
France…starting at the Valira’s peak…”<br/>
But the delimation act ( 1868 ):<br/>
Border stone 427: “ From the peak of Valira, situating at the crest of <br/>
the pyrenees between France and Andorra, follows an aboument south , <br/>
and there meets a pass well known by the name of  Coll d’e Gait or <br/>
Portella Blanca d’Andorra. Here marker n.427 has been placed on the <br/>
northern edge of the path, at the point common to Spain, France and <br/>
Andorra”<br/>
<br/>
Just another note: it seems that there is not a boundary marker on the <br/>
the west tripoint.<br/>
From the delimitation act:<br/>
<br/>
“Boundary marker 426: at the Boet port, a cross 8 meters away from the <br/>
path.<br/>
After this point, the international line runs for a very short run <br/>
since reachs the Peak of Baiau or Nau de Baiau [ = Peak of Medacorba ], <br/>
common peak to Spain, France and Andorra and final point  of this <br/>
delimitation act.” <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
I have found more bibliography, so if I have more news, i will post.<br/>
<br/>
Marcel<br/>
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