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

Table: European Tripoints

Number	Name	Countries	Coordinates	Type	Links/Notes
1	ADESFRe	Andorra – France – Spain (East)	42°30’09″N 01°43’28″E	Dry	Berns (2004) Palmberg (2016)
2	ADESFRw	Andorra – France – Spain (West)	42°36’07″N 01°26’32″E	Dry	Berns (2004)
3	ALGRMK	Albania – Greece – Macedonia	40°51’06″N 20°59’00″E	Wet	Palmberg (2005)
4	ALKVME	Albania – Kosovo – Montenegro	42°33’22″N 20°04’43″E	Dry	Hering (2001)
5	ALKVMK	Albania – Kosovo – Macedonia	41°52’39″N 20°35’40″E	Dry
6	ATCHDE	Austria – Germany – Switzerland	47°31’45″N 09°36’41″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) (2011)
7	ATCHIT	Austria – Italy – Switzerland	46°51’16″N 10°28’08″E	Dry	Hering (2004) Palmberg (2007)
8	ATCHLIn	Austria – Liechtenstein – Switzerland (north)	47°16’11″N 09°31’49″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) (2007)
9	ATCHLIs	Austria – Liechtenstein – Switzerland (south)	47°03’35″N 09°36’24″E	Dry
10	ATCZDE	Austria – Czech Republic – Germany	48°46’18″N 13°50’22″E	Dry	Hering (2004) Palmberg (2005)
11	ATCZSK	Austria – Czech Republic – Slovakia	48°37’00″N 16°56’25″E	Wet	Palmberg (2001) (2002)
12	ATHUSI	Austria – Hungary – Slovenia	46°52’9″N 16°06’50″E	Dry	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001)
13	ATHUSK	Austria – Hungary – Slovakia	48°0’24″N 17°9’39″E	Dry	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) (2002) The Lady Travels (2017)
14	ATITSI	Austria – Italy – Slovenia	46°31’22″N 13°42’41″E	Dry	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) (2005) Wallis (2007)
15	BAHRME	Bosnia and Herzegonia – Croatia – Montenegro	42°33’32″N 18°26’15″E	Dry	Palmberg (2002)
16	BAHRRS	Bosnia and Herzegonia – Croatia – Serbia	44°51′09″N  19°00′38″E	Dry
17	BAMERS	Bosnia and Herzegonia – Montenegro – Serbia	44°51’21″N 19°01’20″E	Wet
18	BEDELU	Belgium – Germany – Luxembourg	43°31’33″N 19°13’15″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Krogh (2012) Palmberg (2001)
19	BEDENL	Belgium – Germany – Netherlands	50°45’15″N 6°1’16″E	Dry	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) The Lady Travels (2016) Wallis (2007)
20	BEFRLU	Belgium – France – Luxembourg	49°32’47″N 5°49’7″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Palmberg (2001) Wallis (2008)
21	BGGRMK	Bulgaria – Greece – Macedonia	41°20’19″N 22°55’39″E	Dry
22	BGGRTR	Bulgaria – Greece – Turkey	41°42’40″N 26°21’28″E	Dry	Palmberg (2005)
23	BGMKRS	Bulgaria – Macedonia – Serbia	42°18’40″N 22°21’37″E	Dry	Shulep Kamak Peak (1337)
24	BGRORS	Bulgaria – Romania – Serbia	44°12’55″N 22°40’23″E	Wet	Palmberg (2005)
25	BYLTLV	Belarus – Lithuania- Latvia	55°40’50″N 26°37’49″E	Dry	Deeleman (2015) Hering (2003) Krogh (2003) Pamberg (2003) Wallis (2007)
26	BYLTPL	Belarus – Lithuania – Poland	53°57’22″N 23°30’54,1″E	Wet	Deeleman (2015) Hering (2003) Krogh (2003) Pamberg (2003) Wallis (2007)
27	BYLVRU	Belarus – Latvia – Russia	56°10’12″N 28°09’04″E	Wet	Deeleman (2015) Hering (2003) Krogh (2003) Pamberg (2003)
28	BYPLUA	Belarus – Poland – Ukraine	51°30’29″N 23°37’04″E	Wet	Krogh
29	BYRUUA	Belarus – Russia – Ukraine	52°6’44″N 31°46’53″E	Dry	Krogh (2012) Pamberg (2008)
30	CHDEFR	France – Germany – Switzerland	47°35’23″N 07°35’20″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Pamberg (1989) (2001)
31	CHFRIT	France – Italy – Switzerland	45°55’21″N 07°02’39″E	Dry
32	CZDEPL	Czech Republic – Germany – Poland	50°52’14″N 14°49′ 24″E	Wet	Hering (2001) Krogh (2012) Palmberg (2001)
33	CZPLSK	Czech Republic – Poland – Slovakia	49°31’02″N 18°51’03″E	Both	Krogh (2012) Palmberg (2002) (2009) Wallis (2006)
34	DEFRLU	France – Germany – Luxembourg	49°28’10″N 6°22’6″E	Both	Hering (2001) Krogh (2003) Palmberg (2001)
35	EELVRU	Estonia – Latvia – Russia	57°31’05″N 27°21’05″E	Wet	Deeleman (2015) Hering (2003) Krogh (2003) Palmberg (2003)
36	FINORU	Finland – Norway – Russia	69°03’07″N 28°55’44″E	Dry	Hering (2007) Krogh (2012) Palmberg (2012)
37	FINOSE	Finland – Norway – Sweden	69°03′35″N  20°32′49″E	Dry	Hering (2007) Krogh Palmberg (2004)
38	HRHURS	Croatia – Hungary – Serbia	45°55’18″N 18°53’24″E	Dry	Palmberg (2002)
39	HRHUSI	Croatia – Hungary – Slovenia	46°28’09″N 16°36’37″E	Wet	Palmberg (2002)
40	HURORS	Hungary – Romania – Serbia	46°7’35″N 20°15’51″E	Dry	Hering (2002) Palmberg (2002) (2005)
41	HUROUA	Hungary – Romania – Ukraine	47°57’14″N 22°53’45″E	Wet	Hering (2002) Palmberg (2002)
42	HUSKUA	Hungary – Slovakia – Ukraine	48°24’12″N 22°9’13″E	Wet	Hering (2002) Palmberg (2002)
43	KVMERS	Kosovo – Montenegro – Serbia	42°15’46″N 21°35’13″E	Dry
44	KVMKRS	Kosovo – Macedonia – Serbia	42°49’58″N 20°21’28″E	Dry
45	LTPLRU	Lithuania – Poland – Russia	54°21’48″N 22°47’31″E	Dry	Deeleman (2015) Hering (2002) Krogh (2011) Palmberg (2002) Wallis (2007)
46	MDROUAn	Moldova – Romania – Ukraine (north	48°13’37″N 26°37’47″E	Wet	Palmberg (2008)
47	MDROUAs	Moldova – Romania – Ukraine (south)	45°28’1″N 28°12’37″E	Wet	Palmberg (2008)
48	PLSKUA	Poland – Slovakia – Ukraine	49°5’17″N 22°33’56″E	Dry	Hering (2002) Palmberg (2002)

Map of European Tripoints

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 (21 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.

Please click on the photos below to access the reports of my visits, or the red highlighted text above.