Subject: Re: Northernmost Int'l Land Frontier in the World
Date: Jan 23, 2003 @ 14:59
Author: acroorca2002 <orc@orcoast.com> ("acroorca2002 <orc@...>" <orc@...>)
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yes i agree with you & peter

but if ice is land
then caru
the north pole
is at least claimed by both canada & russia
plus 2 slices of everyones ice

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell
<kevin@m...> wrote:
>
> >is this the point where firu goes down to the sea
> >near linakhamen russia
>
> I don't think the FIRU border reaches the sea (although I
believe it did
> pre-1940). However, the NORU border does and this is further
north.
>
> Of course, there must also be an international boundary in the
narrow sea
> channel (sorry, don't know the name) between northern
Greenland and Canada.
> I imagine this is permanently frozen which I guess could be
considered to
> be a 'land' frontier.
>
> BTW - is there a FINORU tripoint, and if so, does this make it
the most
> northerly international tripoint? Another thing to consider is the
> international boundary between Canada and Greenland which
must extend
> pretty far north.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin Meynell