Subject: River sources and Okino-tori-shima
Date: Jun 05, 2001 @ 17:21
Author: Grant Hutchison ("Grant Hutchison" <granthutchison@...>)
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Some time back I remember Michael trying to establish the coordinates
of a river source (though I now can't find the orginal posting).
The files at the USGS ftp site http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnisftp.html
provide information on "source latitude and longitude" for linear
features like streams and valleys, and so might be useful. They cover
the whole US and its outlying territories.

Thanks to Peter S for the info on Okino-tori, and the wonderful
pictures. I'm fabulously jealous of his access to a whole series of
books devoted to islands. Maybe there's a translation or an
equivalent English version?

Grant