The Tropic of Cancer is also marked on a main highway south of Brownsville
/Matamoros (TX/MX) on the way toward Tampico, at least it was in 1977.

The Tropic of Capricorn is clearly marked in Kruger National Park, S
Africa.

And the Arctic Circle in Finland.

David

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Ross Finlayson wrote:

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> >I always wonder if anywhere the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
> >Capricorn are marked???
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Interesting question: is the *Antarctic* Circle marked anywhere. (This
> would have to be in Antarctica, of course.)
>
> Ross.
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