List of tripoints
This is a list of all three-country tripoints on land or internal waters. Many of the coordinates listed below are only approximate. As of 2020, there are 175 international tripoints across the whole world. Africa has 61 international tripoints (the highest number of international tripoints), followed by Asia with 51 international tripoints, Europe with 48 international tripoints, South America with 13 international tripoints and North America with two international tripoints. Brazil, Russia, India, China, Argentina, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Iran, Algeria and Mexico have at least one international tripoint. Australia, Canada, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines have no international tripoints. Landlocked countries also have international tripoints.
List
Africa
Americas
Name / description | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Coordinates | Region | Image |
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Zapaleri | Argentina | Bolivia | Chile | 22°48′30″S 67°10′40″W | South | |
Hito Esmeralda | Argentina | Bolivia | Paraguay | 22°14′S 62°39′W | South | |
Triple Frontier | Argentina | Brazil | Paraguay | 25°35′33″S 54°35′37″W | South | |
Brazilian Island | Argentina | Brazil | Uruguay | 30°12′S 57°39′W | South | |
Aguas Turbias | Belize | Guatemala | Mexico | 17°48′47″N 89°8′54″W | Central | |
Bolivia | Brazil | Paraguay | 20°10′S 58°10′W | South | ||
Assis Brasil / Iñapari / Bolpebra | Bolivia | Brazil | Peru | 10°56′27″S 69°34′1″W | South | |
Visviri | Bolivia | Chile | Peru | 17°30′S 69°29′W | South | |
Tres Fronteras | Brazil | Colombia | Peru | 04°13′00″S 69°56′00″W | South | |
Brazil | Colombia | Venezuela | 1°14′N 66°51′W | South | ||
Brazil | French Guiana | Suriname | 2°20′N 54°33′W (disputed) | South | ||
Brazil | Guyana | Suriname | 1°57′N 56°29′W (disputed) | South | ||
Monte Roraima | Brazil | Guyana | Venezuela | 5°12′N 60°44′W | South | |
Colombia | Ecuador | Peru | 0°7′S 75°15′W | South | ||
Cerro de Montecristo | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | 14°25′18″N 89°21′2″W | Central |
Asia
Europe
See also
- List of tripoints of England
- List of tripoints of U.S. states
- Quadripoint
- Tri-cities, for examples of cities within a country's borders.
References
- 阿富汗 (in Simplified Chinese). State Ethnic Affairs Commission. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.
中阿边界{...}南起中、巴、阿3国交界处的5587山峰,沿穆斯塔格山脉分水岭北行至克克拉去考勒峰。
- Kamoludin Abdullaev (2018). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan (3 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 9781538102527 – via Google Books.
CHINA-TAJIK BORDER.{...}This mountainous boundary runs along the Sarikol mountain range in eastern Tajikistan, reaching in Pamir the Afghan border at the Povalo-Shveikovskogo peak (5,543 meters above sea level).
- "NJ 43 Su-fu [U.S.S.R., China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, State of Jammu and Kashmir] Series 1301, Edition 5-AMS". Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. March 1967 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection.
Pik Povalo-Shveikovskogo
- 中华人民共和国和阿富汗王国边界条约. 22 November 1963 – via Wikisource.
到高程为5698米的克克拉去考勒峰(阿方图称波万洛什维科夫斯基峰)。
- "China Report Political, Sociological and Military Affairs No. 363" (PDF). United States Joint Publications Research Service. 18 November 1982. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Defense Technical Information Center.
If we open up the Atlas of the People's Republic of China we will find that the region of the Pamir, the western extremity of Xinjiang, from the Wuzibieli [Uzbel] Pass1 to the south down to the Kekelaqukaole Peak (which the Soviet Russians call "Pavel Shveikovsky Peak") is designated as a not limited area.
- As known in Syria التنف
- Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of Mongolia, and the Government of the People's Republic of China, describing the eastern junction point of the borders of the three states Archived 2018-02-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Protocol describing the western junction point of the borders of the PRC, RF, and PRM (in Russian)
- Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the People's Republic of China, and the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, determining the line of delimitation of the water spaces of the three states on the Tumen River Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)