The Ayrshire Tripoint Traditional Cache
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This cache is located at "The Ayrshire Tripoint".
A Tripoint is a geographical point at which the borders of three countries or sub-national entities meet.
There are currently 157 international tripoints (i.e., tricountry points) by some accounts, and as many as 176 (or even 207) by others. Nearly half of these usually exact but sometimes slightly indefinite places are situated not on dry land but in rivers or lakes or seas. When on dry land, the exact tripoints are usually demarcated by the center or vertex of special (but highly various) markers or pillars. Often and increasingly such places are also the sites of sometimes extensive monumental memorials and expositions. The Ayrshire Tripoint is undefined... unless you count that huge sewage pipe!
The Triple Frontier: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay Tripoint
The Triple Frontier (Spanish: La Triple Frontera, Portuguese: Tríplice Fronteira) is a tri-border area along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge. Near the convergence are the cities of Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná; Puerto Iguazú, Misiones and Foz do Iguacu, Paraná. This area is near Iguazú Falls and the Itaipú hydroelectric plant.
Three Country Cairn: Sweden, Norway and Finland Tripoint
Three Country Cairn is the point at which the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet. It is named for the monument of stones erected in 1897 by the governments of Norway and Russia (which was administering Finland at the time). The Swedish could not agree on a boundary commission with the Norwegians and did not contribute their stone until 1901. This is Sweden’s most northerly point and it is the westernmost point of the Finnish mainland (the most westerly point of Finland is on the island Market). The tripoint monument itself is a yellow dome-shaped stone made of concrete, located about 10 metres (33 ft) out in Lake Goldajarvi (also known as lake Koltajauri). The monument was built in 1926.
Germany, France and Switzerland Tripoint
Directions - Park at the given coordinates and follow the path to the right of the seating area, down the steps and... across the metallic walkway! At the other side cross the stile and duck immediately right, underneath the pipe. There is a fisherman's path that will lead you all the way to Ayrshire's very own Triple Frontier!
Additional Hints
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