Internal Basque tripoints:
EH2GILANA (Gipuzkoa, Lapurdi, Navarre) a.k.a. ESFR2GINAPY (Gipuzkoa,
Navarre, Pyrénées Atlantiques): In the Bidasoa river, opposite ESFR
boundary marker no. 1 (Xapitelako Harria, near the hamlet of
Endarlatsa). The municipalities here are: GI: Irun/Irún, NA:
Bera/Vera de Bidasoa, PY: Biriatu/Biriatou.
EH2LANANB (Lapurdi, Navarre, Lower Navarre=Nafarroa Beherea) a.k.a.
ESFR2NAPY3BABIIT (Baztan/Baztán, Bidarrai/Bidarray, Itsasu/Itxassou):
ESFR boundary marker no. 81 (+/-250 m. ENE of the Mehatxe pass).
EH2NANBZU (Navarre, Lower Navarre, Zuberoa) a.k.a. ESFR2NAPY3LALEOT
(Larraine/Larrau, Lekunberri/Lécumberry, Otsagabia/Ochagavía): In the
Irratiko erreka (=Irati brook), opposite ESFR boundary marker no. 230.
NB: The northern Basque provinces aren't at present administrative
entities (they were before the French revolution). The northern
Basque country forms, together with Béarn, the Pyrénées Atlantiques
departement. The three provinces of the north (commonly known as
Iparralde (=the north side) in Basque) don't meet in one point; Lower
Navarre prevents Lapurdi and Zuberoa to meet up.
Very purist Basque deny, by the way, the existence of Lower Navarre;
they consider it Navarre's sixth "merinalde" (=+/- bailiwick), namely
that of "Across the mountain passes" ("Ultra Puertos" in Spanish).
Navarre is, after all, divided between two states.
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> very nice
>
> & just to complete the basic basque punctoscopy
> since i believe we may now be able to do so
> with the grand total of major tripoints already shaping up at
> somewhere between 3 & 7
> based on the admittedly inadequate map in
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/basque.html
> isnt there also an international & most major basque tripoint in
> the rio bidasoa
> indeed not far from our favorite whosiwhatsis
> where the blue basque autonomous community
> & the yellow autonomous community of navarre
> both within spain
> meet the red pyrenees atlantiques basque department of france
> at a point that might be called something like esfr2banapy
>
> & since i cant produce a better map
> would you know if the 3 nonautonomous basque provinces in
> france also share any tripoints with the spanish basque country
> like this one of mixed constituency at arbara
>
> & finally
> do these french basque provinces also enjoy a homogeneous
> tripoint amongst themselves
> like the one in the bac
> or do they fail to produce one amongst themselves
> like delaware
>
> if these few blanks can be filled in
> it at least appears that the topological diagram & inventory of the
> basque tripoints will be complete on the top 2 levels
>
> but perhaps you have other input as well
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
> <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > The other tripoint in the Southern Basque Country: Between
> Araba
> > (Basque Auton. Comm.), Gipuzkoa (B.A.C.), and Navarre:
> > http://em.luberri.net/jpg/arbara20021128140705.jpg
> >
> > (BTW, for those who read Basque: http://em.luberri.net is a
> great
> > site with lots of pictures of mountain tops in the Basque
> Country.
> > And quite a lot are situated on borders...)
> >
> > Peter S.