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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> > I did not get a photo of a BZGT border marker -- there are only 3
>
> > I also found out from the border officials that there is an
official
> > marker
> > at BZGTMX.
>
> > there is a good chance of being back here in a month.
> >
> > Doug
>
> great & so if you do return
> then as you probably recall
> bzgtmx has been in transition
>
> the point marked by the old marker
> at aguas turbias
> was never tripartite
> & belize has formally conceded it is only a point on gtmx
>
> so it isnt the true tripoint but only a formerly supposed tripoint
>
> & the new marker
> or marker designate
> situated a very short distance due east of the old one
> at nlat 17d 03m 31s071 x wlong 89d 09m 00s283
> awaits referendums & ratifications indefinitely postponed
>
> so here is a chance for a rare class aa visit
> & a double bullseye on a tripoint that doesnt even legally exist yet
>
> what fun
>
>
> also
> in addition to the 3 major bzgt monuments
> there are 32 lesser bzgt markers
> all in the southern sector
> but i dont think any of these will be easy to find or photograph
>
> http://belize.centramerica.com/noticias/detalle.asp?Id=664
>
>
> also
> as you return to bz from your present location at livingston
> passing thru the bahia de amatique
> take a look toward the east
> past the cabo de tres puntas aka tripoint cape
> into the gulf of honduras
> where there is also a bzgthn territorial waters tripoint designate
> according to the same bzgt treaty in process
>
> the maps attached to
> http://www.belize.gov.bz/features/proposals/belize_guatemala_di
> fferendum.html
> reveal the position of this point
>
>
> also shown on the maps
> only btw
> & only since we were discussing this topic recently
> are the straight coastal baselines on which the territorial waters
> of the 3 countries are based
> & from which the new tripoint position was determined using the
> equidistance principle
>
> & the still more streamlined 12nm limits can also be seen there
> also only btw
>
>
> but back to the chase
> i am most curious what if anything you have been able to learn
> locally about the present status or anticipated fate of the stalled
> bzgt treaty
>
> there has been no news on the internet since the guatemalan
> referendum was indefinitely postponed last year
>
>
> & most germanely & by special request doug
> heres wishing you a fulfilling completion of your 40th year
> & a happy beginning of your 41st
> & indeed may all your years fill in like parallels of latitude
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More pictutres from bzgt & bzmx borders:
http://mmcconeghy.com/centralamerica/inavillage.html
http://www.corozal.com/chetumal/border/default.htm#border03
http://www.travelbelize.org/gethere.html
http://www.euronet.nl/~jeroen_k/Photo_Belize_border_Guatemala.htm