A tripoint, is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries meet. These can be on land (dry) or demarcated by rivers or lakes (wet). Tripoints can be easy to access or isolated, they can be marked with large monuments or not easily identifiable at all. There are 48 European Tripoints

BYRUUA – standing just inside Russia, looking across to the monument and Belarus

Table: European Tripoints

Map of European Tripoints

Location of the European Tripoints by Type

Tripoint VISIT Classes Class A Touched Class B Basically there. Successful attempt to reach wet tripoint by wading, swimming or canoeing. Class C Within 500m, visible Class D Distant. visible Class E Tripoint area visited but Tripoint not observed. Source: Acroorca (2002) Published on Boundarypoint 12/07/2003.

My Tripoint Gallery (18 out of 48 visited so far)

The International Standard for country codes and codes for their subdivisions is ISO 3166 this allocates a 2 letter designation to each country. When identifying a tripoint it is necessary to collate the 3 country codes in alphabetical order, hence the tripoint between Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic becomes ATCZDE. The US and Canada often use 2 letters to denote states and provinces e.g. Alabama AL which is technically incorrect as all sub national territories according to ISO 3166 should have the initial 2 letter country designation followed by up to 3 further letters. Alabama ought therefore be US- AL. Delaware has the same 2 letter code as Germany: DE which has the potential for confusion.

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Tripoints 1-16 #1 ADESFRe #2 ADESFRw #10 ATCZDE # 11 ATCZSK #13 ATHUSK #14 ATITSI Tripoints 17-32 #18 BEDELU #19 BEDENL #20 BEFRLU #25 BYLTLV #26 BYLTPL #29 BYRUUA #32 CZDEPL Tripoints 33-48 #33 CZPLSK #34 DEFRLU #41 HUROUA #45 LTPLRU #48 PLSKUA

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