But... The nuclear power station with the name Ignalina _is_ on that
lakeshore. So that's maybe where it comes from...
Peter S.
--- Jan Krogh <
jakro64@...> wrote:
> I am very sorry! Of course it is VISAGINAS (former city of
> Snieckus)!!!
> Snieckus was built during the Soviet occupation and named after a
> Lithuanian
> communist. After 1990 the Lithuanian authorities renamed it after a
> nearby
> village. It was some discussions since both the city and the village
> now
> both are "Visaginas".
> [How could I do that mistake....?!?!!]
> Jan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ps1966nl [mailto:smaardijk@...]
> Sent: 3. mars 2002 20.57
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: "New" bylt boundary islet
>
>
> Is this Ignalina? According to my maps that city is about 40 km from
> this lake. The lake is near Visaginas.
>
> But maybe my maps are wrong. Can you confirm once more?
>
> Peter S.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jan Krogh" <jakro64@y...> wrote:
> > The Lithuanian Geographic Map 1:50.000 is now publish on cd rom, in
> 135 map
> > sheet. The main topographic features, administrative boundaries are
> > presented in the map. Precision of the map is 10 - 20 m in nature.
> Enclosed
> > is a cut including the northeastern city of Ignalina where the
> nuclear
> > electric site is situated. To the east of the city I found that a
> small
> > unnamed islet (waipointed) in the Lake of Drukshiai which after the
> last
> > unfinished delimination now is devided between by and lt. According
> to my
> > SSSR maps it former belonged to Lithuania.
> > (Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus last week stated that
> Lithuania should
> > not care the EU pressure and therefor not close the nuclear site
> down in
> > 2009 as earlier planned.)
> >
> > Jan Krogh
> > Vilnius, Lithuania
> > NB! New number: Mob. +370 686 51555
> > http://www.bigfoot.com/~Jan.Krogh
>
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