in vermont (usa) the 45th parallel is marked on the interstate highway.
just south of the border station.

bob beckett
hollis, new hampshire

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Finlayson [mailto:finlayson@...]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:23 PM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Really Arbitrary Points
>
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> >I always wonder if anywhere the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
> >Capricorn are marked???
>
> Yes, I have seen the Tropic of Cancer marked on a highway
> north of San Jose
> del Cabo (southern Baja California, Mexico). I imagine that
> it's marked in
> several other parts of Mexico also.
>
> I have also seen the Tropic of Capricorn marked in a couple
> of places in
> Australia: near the city of Rockhampton (Queensland), and
> north of Alice
> Springs (Northern Territory).
>
> Also, the Artic Circle is marked in several places in
> northern Europe and
> North America (& probably Siberia as well). E.g., I have
> seen it marked
> near Lulea, Sweden.
>
> Interesting question: is the *Antarctic* Circle marked
> anywhere. (This
> would have to be in Antarctica, of course.)
>
> Ross.
>
>
>
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