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Spain : Castilla-La Mancha

1.9 km (1.2 miles) S of Tarancón, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Approx. altitude: 810 m (2657 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 40°S 177°E

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: Visitor on the confluence spot #3: North #4: South #5: View at east #6: View at west #7: GPS Photograph with the exact reading

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  40°N 3°W (visit #1)  

#1: General View, the confluence is in the center of the photo

(visited by Angel Hermosilla)

30-Jun-2001 -- I have returned a second time and I have taken the photographs.

02-Jun-2001 -- On Saturday 2 June of 2001, I was at the intersection of parallel 40º North and meridian 3º West. The name of the place is Tarancón. It is some 232 metres away from a restaurant called Pilcar. Close to it there is a sweet shop, where it is possible to buy some typical sweets, like "Borrachos". They are on the edge of the former N-III Valencia-Madrid road.

The intersection point is on farming soil, and I found very near (at 82 metres) a cylinder laid on the ground. I suspect that the cylinder could have been a landmark, put right at the intersection point by someone a long time ago; and later the owner of the terrain could move that stone in order to get more place for crops.

The accuracy was 5 metres in my Garmin Etrex. I didn't take photographs.


 All pictures
#1: General View, the confluence is in the center of the photo
#2: Visitor on the confluence spot
#3: North
#4: South
#5: View at east
#6: View at west
#7: GPS Photograph with the exact reading
ALL: All pictures on one page