The end of the land border.
The border over the Narva river.
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Map 531-538
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Border marker 531 Again an angle here. On the estonian side here is the dry part from which I approached the area. It's only a thin strip leading to a road to Värska/Podmotsa. You can find traces of the cars of the Border Guards who start and end their inspection rounds here.
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Border marker 532 Small angle here, everything turns into swamp again.
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Border marker 533 The border turns north-west again. From here it's straigt line through the swamp to Popovitsa, the last 'dry land' of the EE-RU land border.
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Border marker 534 Reaching the last part of the land border. From here it's an almost straight line to the end where the border runs into Värska bay / Lake Pihkva.
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Border marker 534 strip The border runs through a small pond. On the left side you see the garden of one of the few houses in Popovitsa. I read somewhere that the Estonian Govenment is buying parts of land to ensure a border strip of at least 10 meters, which is not the case here. At the other hand, this is a zone of low risk, the other side of the border ends in a small isolated area.
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Border marker 535 The Estonians made even a sand strip here.
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Border marker 536 A small angle in border, so one more border marker.
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Border marker 537 On the left a small road gives access to the border area. Mainly used by patrolling Border Guards, I guess. On the background you see the Estonian copy of BM 538, the swampy edge of the lake and the water itself.
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Border marker 538 'The last post', close to Värska bay.
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Border marker 538 Right from here the border runs over water via buoys until Narva and the Baltic Sea.
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Border marker 538 The machines that plough the sand strip can make a turn here.
And this was it, the end of land border. |
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