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Geographic Markers
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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Geographic Markers
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. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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