Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Is any part of Peru North of the Equator?<br/>
Date: Jul 29, 2002 @ 18:15<br/>
Author: Manfred Haertel (Manfred Haertel &lt;Manfred.Haertel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-3572041">Ross Finlayson schrieb:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; While looking at a (low-resolution) map of Peru recently, I noticed that<br/>
&gt; it&#39;s northernmost point - at its border with Colombia, and very near the<br/>
&gt; Peru-Colombia-Equador tripoint - is on a river that&#39;s very close to the<br/>
&gt; Equator.  I&#39;m curious as to whether or not this is actually North of the<br/>
&gt; Equator.  Does anyone on this list know for sure?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>This is an interesting question, which I was asking myself for more than<br/>
30 years, since, in school, we should make a list of all countries on<br/>
the equator and I couldn&#39;t determine whether Peru was one of these<br/>
countries or not. The surprise was, that even the teacher didn&#39;t know.<br/>
;-)<br/>
<br/>
I looked at the Peru map at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://maps.expedia.com">http://maps.expedia.com</a> and there it looks<br/>
as if the northern most point of Peru is just a little bit - may be just<br/>
one kilometer - south of the Equator!<br/>
<br/>
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