--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "I M Naanu"
> Amazing exercise this punctography of UAE internal & External
> borders. Wonder how!
multi thanxxx dear naanu
i swoon at every appreciation of these things
> decided more on allegiance to a particular tribe or a Sheikh....
> Often borders would change frequently as allegiances shifted.
& this explains also the amazing patchwork quilt you guys have
achieved there
certainly among the grandest of such creations on the planet
> The Ae-Qa border is, I think under dispute. Some say a short,
19km
> ae-qa border exists, some say not. From practical experience,
my
> company trucks going regularly to and fro between qa & ae
have to
> pass through sa border controls before reaching qa border &
customs.
that was my guess too based on the qa & sa maps i have seen
but how much the better to have it confirmed by your account
i think for trypointing purposes it is always a question of what is
the best available truth
& i would say the probabilities espoused by disputants are
normally of equal validity
so fully bagging a disputed tripoint means visiting both locations
or all probable locations in the event of a multiple dispute
such as could well be the case here
quite a mess
except there is the saving grace that
all other things being equal
the de facto situation is more valid than any other probability
naturally
& in this case since the saudi border controls evidently reflect the
truest available aesa & the truest available qasa in this sense
then i believe the truest available aeqasa is not on dry land at all
but a few miles out to sea
& the challenge of deriving the most plausible location for this
tripoint from the best available data may be even greater than
that of reaching its location
even if you were to swim for it
but if as i surmise
the de facto situation reflects purely the saudi reality
rather than the qatari &or uaei realities
the resultant best available tripoint may even be shown on saudi
sailing charts
so it might easily be plotted & visited with gps on your next
pleasure cruise
> If you could confirm this from the qa or sa side, it would be
> wonderful.
yes consider it confirmed
> The om-ae-sa tripoint is called Umm-Az-ZumUl and it's a
harsh and
> arid place in the northern part of Rub-al-Khali proper.
Apparently, 4-
> WD vehicles make trips to this place to see the salt flats as
well as
> a deep water well over here.
> JD had told me that its a beautiful place and advised me to see
it
> for myself. Having followed his advice for the Madha border
post so
> close to the Khorfakkan-Fujairah road, I have no doubt any
expedition
> to this area will be rewarding in exclusivity.
bravo
keep me with you for it whenever you go
> > but of all these 13 the most interesting one to my thinking
> > remains aeom2fumush in the uniquely trisovereign town of
> > dibba
>
> This is indeed, as you rightly meant, 'delicious'. Can't wait!
>
> Bye,
> IMN
& ditto