Subject: Extreme westerly, easterly and southerly palindromes<br/>
Date: Dec 01, 2001 @ 01:10<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-752898214">A search through the datasets for Russia, Alaska, Midway, Kiribati,<br/>
Wallis & Futuna, Tuvalu, Fiji, New Zealand and Antarctica has turned<br/>
up the following qualified and unqualified palindromic extremes.<br/>
GeoNet of course gives Udu Point in Fiji a single longitude<br/>
corresponding to the point itself, although we know the whole<br/>
peninsula that crosses 180 degrees is referred to as Udu Point. <br/>
Here are the coordinates taken straight from GeoNet:<br/>
<br/>
Udu Point    179 57 W (Fiji)<br/>
Ososo Estate 179 58 E (Fiji)<br/>
Akaka        176 08 W (Wallis and Futuna)<br/>
Amaama       179 23 E (Russia)<br/>
<br/>
Ososo Estate on Taveuni Island, Fiji, is certainly worth pursuing<br/>
further, since it might very easily spread either side of 180 degrees.<br/>
<br/>
A search for the southernmost unqualified palindrome turns up the town<br/>
of Yutuy in Chile at 42 31 S. There are no contenders in Argentina or<br/>
Australia, and the sub-Antarctic islands don&#39;t turn up any unqualified<br/>
place names. GeoNet lists a mountain called simply &quot;Gog&quot; in New<br/>
Zealand at 47 11 50 S, but I&#39;m not sure this goes entirely unqualified<br/>
- GeoNet frequently lists topographic features without qualifiers.<br/>
Grant</div>