A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints: Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders
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A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
Images of tripoints in honor of Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn, an iconic photograph taken on 27 April 1945, which was the last day of the Second World War in Finland.
Finnish soldiers raise the war flag at the Three-Country Cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland (also called Treriksröset)
The Three Shire Stone is a boundary stone that marks the location where the historic English counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland meet.
Triple Frontier in South America
Four Corners Monument in the United States – pick your favorite three states and get a bonus for free
Schengen tripoint of Germany, France, and Luxembourg where the Schengen Agreement was signed, on a barge in the Moselle
Tripoint of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, located on a sandbar in the Mekong
Tripoint of The Congo, Tanzania and Zambia is in Lake Tanganyika
Poeppel Corner in the middle of the Simpson Desert where the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia meet the Northern Territory
Several countries' territorial claims in Antarctica converge at the South Pole (ceremonial marker at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station)
Beyond this gallery
Many more fine images can be found at List of tripoints.
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