Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Four Corners-type clubs?<br/>
Date: Oct 02, 2003 @ 10:59<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1696995576"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;in fact i think we can only count connecticut delaware colorado<br/>
&gt;utah & the netherlands among the places anyone has actually<br/>
&gt;visited in so comprehensive a way<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I&#39;ve visited the traditional four corners of the UK mainland - Land&#39;s End <br/>
(SW), John O&#39;Groats (NE), Cape Wrath (NW) and Dungeness (SE). However, this <br/>
is just convention rather than having any sound geographical basis.<br/>
<br/>
In particular, John O&#39;Groats is neither the most northerly (which is Dunnet <br/>
Head) or most &#39;north-easterly&#39; (which is Duncansby Head), but is actually <br/>
the harbour from which you can cross to the Orkney Islands. Luckily I <br/>
visited all those extra points to be on the safe side!<br/>
<br/>
The most southerly point is actually Lizard Point (visited), the most <br/>
westerly is Ardnamurchan Point (pretty inaccessible), and the most Easterly <br/>
is Lowestoft (visited). Of course, if you include all the islands, the four <br/>
corners would then move to somewhere in the Shetlands, Scillies and either <br/>
St Kilda or Rockall, but there is no recognised convention as to where <br/>
these corners actually lie.<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>