Subject: Papua New Guinea tripoint (Re: Continent border )<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2003 @ 23:09<br/>
Author: Francisco &lt;xuax@netvisao.pt&gt; (&quot;Francisco &lt;xuax@...&gt;&quot; &lt;xuax@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-862377113">&quot;John Seeliger&quot; &lt;jseelige@a...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Interesting you should ask that now because I was just wondering <br/>
 </span></blockquote>about tripoints on the islands of Borneo and New Guinea <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I was mistaken about how many countries there are on New Guinea.  <br/>
 </span></blockquote>I thought there were three, but I think I may have been confused <br/>
about two different divisions in PNG.  Thus it is not where three <br/>
separate countries meet.<br/>
<br/>
There was a tripoint in Papua Island in colonial times, when <br/>
Australia administered half of the eastern side. That&#39;s as far as I <br/>
recall quickly, without checking reference sources.<br/>
<br/>
Francisco, <br/>
Portugal</div>