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Thanks Jesperson, for this great story from this
(our first wet?) tripoint - anyhow, I'm a little dis-
appointed because of your fears of reaching the
actual tp in the water - a real border freak, especially
one of those descending from the Viking family -
shouldn't know the word "fear" at all..... :-)
Happy New Year- Denmark is missing you!
Peter H.
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Have you every tried to discover an interesting geograpic feature - in our cases mostly borders - researching on the case and then and up with more questions that answers. This is how I felt (and feel) about Cape Agulhas - the southern point of Africa. The tripoint of Africa-Atlantic Ocean-Indian Ocean How can the tip be exactly on the E20 lattitude (or longitude?) - Unless of course it is a base for the world grid. I haven't been able find a good enough map to determine if the tip really is E20, and so I went with my GPS. As I was at Struisbai the GPS read E20 03, I thought wasn't able to reach E20 00 000 for that short stretch, but as we parked up the thing said E20 00 081 - I walked towards the monument, and a few meters before the monument I reached E20 00 000! The GPS should allow for 15 meters off,and with a little patience I read E20 00 000 on the dot, going a little south of the monument I read even S34 50 000 on the dot. I decided not to reach the actual tip, as it is dangerous waters and the rocks are unsafe. However, I will send you pics later. Anyway, I concluded that the monument does indeed show the tripoint, but I have doubts whether is is the actual southern spot. I will probably go to the survey office tomorrow and there I will surely get a good map of the cape. All the best in the new year Jesper ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/WkiolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |
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