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Old October 23rd, 2008, 02:11 PM posted to rec.travel.misc
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There are places where geographic lines or points are marked. While
modern geo-location shows some of thes to be inaccurate, they do have
historical significance.

For example:
You can stand on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich England
You can stand on the Equator at Midad del Mundo near Quito, Equador
You can stand on the International Date Line in Fiji.

Do you know where you can stand on the:
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle?

Or do you kno any other geographic markers like:
Four Corners (Colorado/Arizona/New Mexico/Utah)
Mason-Dixon Line (PA/MD)?
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Old October 23rd, 2008, 04:57 PM posted to rec.travel.misc
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:11:43 -0700 (PDT), GFB
wrote:

There are places where geographic lines or points are marked. While
modern geo-location shows some of thes to be inaccurate, they do have
historical significance.

For example:
You can stand on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich England
You can stand on the Equator at Midad del Mundo near Quito, Equador
You can stand on the International Date Line in Fiji.

Do you know where you can stand on the:
Arctic Circle


Santa's Village in Finland:
http://www.santaclausvillage.info/eng/arctic_circle.htm

Tropic of Capricorn


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer


The Tropic of Cancer crosses a lot of land and I'm sure a lot of
places have marked it for the tourists. But see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer for a picture of a
Mexican marker. There's also one on the Baja California
peninsula:
http://virtualguidebooks.com/Baja/Ba...rMonument.html

Antarctic Circle?


The Antarctic Circle is mostly water. I doubt that the various
expedtions to Antarctica felt it was worth the trouble to put up
signs, although it's possible.

Or do you know any other geographic markers like:
Four Corners (Colorado/Arizona/New Mexico/Utah)


Four Corners is quite well marked and the Navajos charge an
admission. I was there in 1966 before the Navajos decided to make
money from it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners

Mason-Dixon Line (PA/MD)?


You mean like, "Welcome to Pennsylvania"? Of course. Sometimes
state lines can be a bit iffy if you're trying to nail it to less
than a foot/30cm, but usually the road pavement changes right on
the line because the two separate highway departments don't pave
in the other state.

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