Good morning everybody,
and thankx mike for your effort on this matter...
that's quite interesting: contin. extremities...yeah!
I've been to the following ex-points:
australia: e cape byron nsw
africa: s cape agulhas
europe: w cabo da roca +
s tarifa
regards - I'll soon be back with great news...
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: michael donner <m@...>
To: <boundarypoint@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 5:12 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] continental extremities we have seen
> thanxx to all for boasting
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> so what were you waiting for
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> now anybody
> please help fill in &or correct this first world news try
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> africa
> n cap blanc tunisia
> e raas xaafuun somalia
> w cap vert senegal
> s cape agulhas s africa jesper nicolette & david
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> antarctica
> n near esperanza argentine base
> e none
> w none
> s south pole in my dreams
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> asia
> n c chelyuskin russia
> e cape dezhnev russia david hopefully
> w cape baba turkey
> s tanjung piai malaysia
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> australia
> n cape york queensland
> e cape byron nsw
> w steep point w australia
> s wilsons prom victoria
> brendan can you help
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> europe
> n nw of mehamn norway
> e e of vorkuta russia
> w cabo da roca portugal david
> s tarifa spain david
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> north america
> n murchison prm nunavut
> e c st charles labrador max hopefully
> w c pr of wales alaska david hopefully
> s pta naranjas panama
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> south america
> n airrainmaru colombia mike hopefully
> e pta do mato brazil
> w pta parinas peru mick
> s nr pta arenas chile
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> with much help from jespers expedia link
> which is great fun to surf
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> notes in answer to questions someone raised earlier
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> easternmost europe appears to lie on crest of north urals at about 66 east
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> center of europe computed by simply averaging geocoords of extremities
> is about 29e longitude & 53 or 54n latitude
> which falls perhaps 100km southeast of minsk
> surprise
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> however this is probably quite distinct from the true geographic center
> which i havent a clue how to compute
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