border posts
National boundary stations
Border posts are checkpoints at international boundaries where travelers and goods are inspected, documents verified, and customs duties collected.
They mark the official crossing point between countries: We waited three hours at the border post.
Remote border posts may be little more than a guard station and barrier gate.
- checkpointInspection station on route
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- customs officerBorder control agent
- frontierEdge of settlement
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
barrier · razor wire · guards · passport · passport control · travel documents · inspection · visa · immigration · smuggling · patrol · watchtower · fence · gate · control · no entry · duty · duty free
- bordersboundary, boundary line, boundary lines, boundary markers, boundary stones
- boundary markersboundary stones, cairns, stele, survey marker, terminus
- outpostsoutposts, outpost, forward base, forward bases, remote settlement
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
border postsno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
contested territory · international waters · demilitarized zones · neutral zones
border, post, borders, bordered, bordering, borderline, borderland, borderlands, posts