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The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint at the intersection of approximately 37° north latitude with 109° 03′ west longitude, where the boundaries of the four states meet, and is marked by the Four Corners Monument. It is the only location in the United States where four states meet.
The international border states are those states in the U.S. that border either the Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or Russia. With a total of eighteen of such states, thirteen (including Alaska) lie on the U.S.–Canada border, four lie on the U.S.–Mexico border, and one has maritime borders with Cuba and The Bahamas.
The monument is located on the Colorado Plateau west of U.S. Highway 160, on State Road 597, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Cortez, Colorado. [1] In addition to the four states, two semi-autonomous American Indian tribal governments have boundaries at the monument, the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Reservation, with the Ute Mountain tribal boundaries coinciding with ...
Articles specifically about the borders of U.S. states, not simply about natural features that form the borders, unless there is detailed discussion about the border. Pages in category "Borders of Colorado"
The western border with Arizona runs along the 109° 03'W longitude. [4] The southwestern corner of the state is known as the Bootheel. The 37°N parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together at the Four Corners in New Mexico's northwestern corner.
This is a list of all tripoints in which the boundaries of three (and only three) U.S. states converge at a single geographic point. Of the 60 such points, 36 are on dry land and 24 are in water. [ 1 ]
Baja California border where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Border Field State Park 34°15′46″N 114°07′52″W / 34.26278°N 114.13111°W / 34.26278; -114.13111 Arizona border on the Colorado River southeast of Parker Dam
Passamaquoddy Bay border defined by 1910 treaty. Gulf of Maine partial border defined by 1984 ruling of the International Court of Justice. [1] Land and Great Lakes border defined by the 1783 Treaty of Paris, 1794 Jay Treaty, Treaty of 1818, 1842 Webster–Ashburton Treaty and 1846 Oregon Treaty (all with the United Kingdom). Alaska: Canada