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Byelorussia (BY) - Latvia (LV) - Lithuania (LT)

Byelorussia is meeting neighboring Latvia and Lithuania at a tripoint situated northeast of the Lithuanian city of Visaginas..

The Byelorussian - Latvian - Lithuanian Tripoint

I visited this tripoint on August 19th 2001, named Liudevinova (BY), Ludvinova (LV) and Liudvinavas (LT) after a small lake on Byelorussian side. The boundary markers are situated on a 6 x 6 meters framed square. Visitors from any country are entitled to enter this «neutral territory» without any formalities. The Latvian boundary is running virtually straight west - east, while the Lithuanian and Byelorussian markers are put in approximately 45° as these two boundaries are changing directions at the tripoint. All markers are made from concrete.  My right foot is in Latvia and my left foot is on the Lithuanian - Byelorussia boundary!

The tripoint watched from Lithuanian side The Latvian - Byelorussian boundary watched from west towards east The tripoint watched from Byelorussian side
 Lithuanian border guards watched from Latvian side Byelorussian - Lithuanian boundary watched from Latvian side The Lithuanian - Latvian boundary watched from east towards west
The Byelorussian boundary marker The Lithuanian boundary marker The Latvian boundary marker The tripoint itself!
My guide at the tripoint, Mr. Audrius Lazauskas, Ignalina border dept. The picture is taken from the main road some 2 km from the tripoint.


Tripoint platform plan. Approximately distances only.

Photographed with permission from the State Border Guard Service at the ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

This page was last time updated 22/08/05 .