Exactly. The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE WORLD shows this and the other similar oblong area to the southeast as a basin below sea level called "Chink...
not sure about the etymology nor the degree of generality but chink is evidently at least the local probably kazak or russian name for any edge of this crumbly...
There's a different NASA satellite view of the tripoint on Windows Live Local at http://tinyurl.com/lw7uy . This one shows depression along the Chink...
Both of the Live Local links in your reply work for me. I'm not clear on what you're getting when you go to them. Apparently, though, one must be logged in...
... great i still get nothing or rather to be perfectly clear i get a blank white screen both normally & also when i try to go via my hotmail account which for...
or better yet since the google satpic ultimately gives much more detailed topo isography than the encarta map provided it is aimed & centered correctly as it...
I agree that there is quite an escarpment there, and the name Chink Kaplankyr might well refer to it rather than the depression at its foot in which the...
Your and my estimations of the tripoint location are quite close. What makes you think, though, that this is on a "fairly steep gradient," when the darkness...
... yes it is reassuring to know our guesses are this close at least horizontally but my reading of the satpic combined with what i have seen of surface photos...
Yes, we surely could use one of those old Soviet maps. I looked for one also, but struck out. My statement about "the location of the tripoint according to...
ok nice so if live local is any more reliable in its border depictions than our famously unreliable google is then your tripoint position guess would tend to...
Despite whatever degree of spuriousness in the precision, it's the best that we've got for now. Yes, I agree that we are both probably close enough to call it...
well ok but actually kzuz is now purported to be fully demarcated per footnote 6 here http://www.asiaquarterly.com/content/view/28 as was expected in this post...
Alethiak Sorry, I really misled you there. I meant to type 100 metres east of the Sean Blanchflower point of 019057. Not 1000 metres. In the article I gave the...
At http://tinyurl.com/el8e2 are similar deltaic formations on a mudflat inlet of the Caspian Sea on the middle part of the Turkmen coast. Lowell G. McManus ...
great thanx nicky & all clear as well & we are necessarily splitting hairs here for which i do apologize in the normal world yet it is among our greatest...
For those who know how to operate Google Earth: Please turn on terrain, tilt the image and find the area flat. I find Google Earth quite reliable for terrains....
Attached various maps of KZTMUZ. Jesper -- Borderbase - your online guide to international borders and tripoints http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase _____ Fra:...
No fancy results of terrain (or 3d) to show as the entire areas is very flat. The tripoint itself is at water level at 0m and the surroundings do no go higher...
wow thanxx jesper for this fantastic new toy & for the recent attachments too electrifying all i would still caution anyone tho who thinks they actually see...
Jesper, Thanks very much for the three PDF maps of the area and the referral to Google Earth. When Google Earth debuted, I tried it, but it did not work for...
as you say could not be very much higher please be aware the map if it can be believed shows the tripoint 2 distinct levels above the normal water level of the...
I have gone to Jesper's source, zoomed in, and captured a clearer version for our interpretation. It is attached. First, the contours are in feet, not meters....
agreed about all of the following except i would still say the tripoint is not necessarily within altho at least partly surrounded by your relatively flat...
& come to think of it i keep liking my sloping natural arrowhead chink shoulder guess better when i try to think of how this outlandish location might have...
