yeay pete
yeay brendan
at least 4 cheers apiece
& see below
>
>Byron Bay is easy: you park and walk a few hundred metres. Been there.
>
>Cape York is drivable, but you need a good car and lots of insurance!
>
>Wilson's Prom is a bit of a hike, but you can rent the lighthouse cottage to
>stay in. I've got within a few km of it.
>
>How about Kanykomari at the bottom of India? I've got there.
>
>Given S'pore is connected to Malaysia by 2 causeways, doeesn't southern
>S'pore count now?
this is very interesting
& reminds me of how key west proclaims itself
americas island paradise
&
the southernmost point in the continental united states
on almost adjacent billboards
proving you c a n eat your cake & have it too
i think we who agree on the world news tour should try to come to some
consensus on this important detail
& i would propose the key west standard be adopted for asia also
hurray for inclusivity & monroe county too
>
>NZ: North Cape & East Cape done.
>
>
>
>
>>From: michael donner <m@...>
>>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@egroups.com
>>To: boundarypoint@egroups.com
>>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] continental extremities we have seen
>>Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:12:57 -0400
>>
>>thanxx to all for boasting
>>
>> so what were you waiting for
>>
>>
>>now anybody
>>please help fill in &or correct this first world news try
>>
>>
updated returns follow
look for the missing carrots
>>africa
>> n cap blanc tunisia
>> e raas xaafuun somalia
>> w cap vert senegal
s cape agulhas s africa peter jesper nicolette & david
>>
>>antarctica
>> n near esperanza argentine base
>> e none
>> w none
>> s south pole in my dreams
>>
>>asia
>> n c chelyuskin russia
>> e cape dezhnev russia david hopefully
>> w cape baba turkey
>> s tanjung piai malaysia
singapore sing brendan hopefully
>>
>>australia
>> n cape york queensland brendan
>> e cape byron nsw pete & brendan
>> w steep point w australia
>> s wilsons prom victoria brendan
important note
brendan approaching cardinal meld of australia
>>
>>europe
>> n nw of mehamn norway
>> e e of vorkuta russia
w cabo da roca portugal david & peter
s tarifa spain david & peter
>>
>>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
>>
>>south america
>> n airrainmaru colombia mike hopefully
>> e pta do mato brazil
>> w pta parinas peru mick
>> s nr pta arenas chile
>>
>>
>>with much help from jespers expedia link
>>which is great fun to surf
>>
>>m
>>
>>
>>
>>notes in answer to questions someone raised earlier
>>
>>easternmost europe appears to lie on crest of north urals at about 66 east
>>longitude
>>
>>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
>>
>>however this is probably quite distinct from the true geographic center
>>which i havent a clue how to compute
btw does anyone know this
m