Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] continental extremities we have seen
Date: Dec 09, 2000 @ 00:23
Author: David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
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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 + Peter
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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 No, not David Mark! I have
never been to Asia at all
> > w cape baba turkey
> > s tanjung piai malaysia
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> > australia
> > n cape york queensland David; been to the very tip
> > e cape byron nsw Peter
> > w steep point w australia
> > s wilsons prom victoria (David but only to the end of the
road, no hike to the tip.)
> > 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, Peter
> > s tarifa spain david, Peter (but I could not get to the
tip of the point because it is a military
fort; Peter, did you get to the south side
of the fort?? David)
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> > north america
> > n murchison prm nunavut
> > e c st charles labrador max hopefully I (David) have been to
Cape Race, easternmost
point Island of Newfoundland
> > w c pr of wales alaska david hopefully <- no, sorry
> > 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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> > m
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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
> > longitude
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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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