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Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2025-06-12

Kiischpelt’s Solar Circle in Kiischpelt, Luxembourg

This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.#geographicmarkers #plaques #sundials #section-Atlas
Kiischpelt’s Solar Circle

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2025-03-03

Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL in Mesquite, Nevada

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.#aircraft #navigation #mail #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2025-02-28
‘Bonhomme de Fer’ (‘The Iron Man’) in Écaussinnes, Belgium#monuments #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
‘Bonhomme de Fer’ (‘The Iron Man’)
Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2025-01-21
Exact Center of California in North Fork, California#hiking #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Exact Center of California
Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-11-21

Tri-States Monument in Port Jervis, New York

A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.#geographicoddities #geography #geographicmarkers #borders #monuments #section-Atlas
Tri-States Monument

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-11-12

49th Parallel North Monument in Prešov, Slovakia

A quirky monument to the 49th parallel in downtown Prešov, Slovakia#monuments #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
49th Parallel North Monument

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-10-01

Walgun / Cape Byron in Byron Bay, Australia

The most easterly point on mainland Australia#beaches #geographicmarkers #geography #section-Atlas
Walgun / Cape Byron

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-09-04

Middelpunt van Leuven in Leuven, Belgium

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.#cities #monuments #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Middelpunt van Leuven

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-07-30

Pointe de Almadies in Dakar, Senegal

This beach in Senegal marks the westernmost point on the African continent.#signs #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Pointe de Almadies

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-05-16

The Most Southwestern Point of Africa in Cape Town, South Africa

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.#signs #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
The Most Southwestern Point of Africa

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-04-01

Geodetic Survey Stones in Raleigh, North Carolina

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.#history&culture #geographicmarkers #stone #section-Atlas
Geodetic Survey Stones

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-03-08

Old Tri-State Monument in Markleysburg, Pennsylvania

An original Mason Dixon line Cairn placed in the 1760s during a famous territorial dispute that was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.#borders #cartography #geographicoddities #geographicmarkers #monuments #section-Atlas
Old Tri-State Monument

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-02-20

Ras Angela in Ras Angela, Tunisia

The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?#monuments #maps #geographicoddities #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Ras Angela

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2024-01-23

Steinstücken Exclave in Berlin, Germany

A helicopter memorial commemorating what was once the only way to access this West Berlin exclave.#memorials #geographicmarkers #geographicoddities #borders #worldwarii #coldwar #section-Atlas
Steinstücken Exclave

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-12-25

Moapa Airmail Arrow in Moapa Valley, Nevada

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.#geographicmarkers #mail #navigation #aircraft #section-Atlas
Moapa Airmail Arrow

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-10-19

Idaho Initial Point in Kuna, Idaho

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.#surveyors #cartography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Idaho Initial Point

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-10-11

'3M' Mile Marker on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.#geographicmarkers #transportation #travel #history&culture #roads #section-Atlas
'3M' Mile Marker on Ocean Parkway

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-10-05

Von Schmidt Monument in Verdi, Nevada

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.#cartography #monuments #borders #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Von Schmidt Monument

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-09-27

Repère Pierre du Niton in Geneva, Switzerland

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.#cartography #rocks #marvelousmapsandmeasures #elevation #navigation #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
Repère Pierre du Niton

Atlas Obscuraatlas@libranet.de
2023-09-19

Inishtrahull in County Donegal, Ireland

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.#abandoned #geographicmarkers #lighthouses #islands #section-Atlas
Inishtrahull

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