Thankx Mike,
you've just turned an ordinary Sunday
into a day of joy and glory!!!
Enjoy the pix from Europe's ex-points..
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: michael donner <m@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Sv: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] continental extremities we have seen
amigo i am so glad you said this
& we do get credit for everything
heaven is just like that
m
bridges & tunnels must have equal rights too
>
>No, frankly, David I didn't - or couldn't (?)
>Anyway, I enjoyed the view over to Africa!!
>Shall scan a picture soon !!
>Btw: I was wrong about the southernmost
>African point: did NOT go to Cape Agulhas,
>only to Cape of Good Hope...sorry!
>Do a get the credit for the southernmost
>Australian point? I went to Tidal River,
>Wilson Promont. in Vic,...!?
>Frankly, amigos de las fronteras, it's a pity
>that you don't credit me the "North Cape" as
>the northernmost point in Europe, have been
>there 8-9 times - the view over the sea is
>magnificent and - if you add the Midnight Sun -
>unforgettable! But I guess I have to accept the
>geographical facts - even if it sounds a bit
>unfair, because:
>The island of "Magerøya" with theNorth Cape
>is now connected to mainland Norway by a tunnel,
>and "Kinnarodden" NW of Mehamn, Norway is
>in fact on a peninsula ("Nordkyn"-Halvøya), but
>only connected to the mainland by a very narrow
>strip of land...
>Pete
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Mark <dmark@...>
>To: <BoundaryPoint@egroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 1:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] continental extremities we have seen
>
>
>>
>> > > now anybody
>> > > please help fill in &or correct this first world news try
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > africa
>> > > n cap blanc tunisia
>> > > e raas xaafuun somalia
>> > > w cap vert senegal
>> > > s cape agulhas s africa jesper nicolette & david + Peter
>> > >
>> > > 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 No, not David Mark! I have
>> never been to Asia at all
>> > > w cape baba turkey
>> > > s tanjung piai malaysia
>> > >
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > > 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)
>> > >
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > > 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
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