& i believe gideon says about this border that the chinese didnt
even know they had it til the middle of the 20th century
a century after it had been established by the european powers
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> good point
>
> so thanx to this info & also ibs number 85 re cnpk
> we do at least have the following afcn tripoint data
>
> afcntj
> peak kokrash kol
> aka povalo shveikovski
> 5698m
> coords not given
> but given elsewhere as approx nlat 37d14m x elong 74d53m
>
> afcnpk
> unnamed peak
> 5630m
> coords of approx nlat 37d03m x elong 74d36m given in afcn
text
> but conflicting elong of approx 74d34m is given in cnpk text
> oops
> & thus the 2 treaties could even be referring to 2 different
> unnamed peaks
>
>
> also for photo research
> we have the name of the afcn boundary range as mustagh
> which yields plenty of pix of peaks involving 5 countries in all
> tho i cant positively identify any of these pix as showing afcn
> let alone the afcn tripoint peaks
> so i will spare you all such links of breathtaking but probably
> irrelevant mountains
>
> indeed the afcn tripoint peaks are relative dwarves & nobodies
> among such mustagh giants as k2
> & others of what are billed as the worlds most vertical
mountains
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> >
>
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS089.pdf
> >
> > Jesper
> > http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: acroorca2002
> > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:28 AM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Afghanistan-China Border
> >
> >
> > welcome kirk
> >
> > some recent info here
> > http://www.iwpr.net/archive/arr/arr_200210_32_3_eng.txt
> >
> > but no pix
> > & we have no data at all yet on either tripoint
> >
> > must be one of the coolest borders on earth tho
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "kirkman123"
> > <kirkman123@y...> wrote:
> > > The countries of Afghanistan and China share a common
> > border of
> > > approximately 38 miles, located at the east end of the
> Wakhan
> > > Corridor in Afghanistan. There is apparently a road of
some
> > sort
> > > that connects Afghanistan with China, passing through
their
> > common
> > > border. I suppose there are also many "footpaths" as
well.
> > Does
> > > anyone have a picture of the border checkpoint between
> these
> > two
> > > countries? Does anyone have any information about the
> road
> > between
> > > the two? From news accounts, I believe the Chinese
> closed
> > the border
> > > at the time the US and other countries began to go into
> > Afghantistan,
> > > but I've seen no pictures of the border.
> > >
> > > Kirk
> >
> >
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