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Myanmar (Burma) : Sagaing

1.7 km (1.1 miles) W of Sinywa, Sagaing, Myanmar (Burma)
Approx. altitude: 98 m (321 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 22°S 84°W

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: View to the north over the degree confluence #3: View to the east from the degree confluence #4: View to the south from the degree confluence against the sunlight #5: View to the west from the degree confluence #6: GPS receiver display at the degree confluence #7: Farmers near the degree confluence #8: Ma Htar Htar Thu walking back on the dry riverbed #9: Bridge on the road between Mingun and Letpan #10: Satellite image of the degree confluence

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  22°N 96°E (visit #2)  

#1: The degree confluence is in the shrubs at the end of the field

(visited by Henk de Jong and Ma Htar Htar Thu)

24-Dec-2006 -- This degree confluence visit was an easy one and without any surprises. In Google Earth the area around the spot was covered by a detailed aerial photo which showed an easy walking route following a dry river starting from the road between Mingun and Letpan.

It took a little more then an hour to cross the Ayeyarwady River by boat from Mandalay, the former capital of Myanmar, to Mingun. There my sister-in-law Ma Htar Htar Thu hired a bullock cart on which we drove slowly to the south. After one and a half hour we came to a bridge which spanned the dry river.

Leaving the two bullocks and their driver for a rest, we started walking over the dry riverbed to the west. We reached the degree confluence after some twenty minutes. The spot was at the foot of a hill in the middle of some shrubs and small trees on the edge between a field and the dry river. Near the degree confluence were some farmers working on the field who were happy to pose in front of my camera.

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#1: The degree confluence is in the shrubs at the end of the field
#2: View to the north over the degree confluence
#3: View to the east from the degree confluence
#4: View to the south from the degree confluence against the sunlight
#5: View to the west from the degree confluence
#6: GPS receiver display at the degree confluence
#7: Farmers near the degree confluence
#8: Ma Htar Htar Thu walking back on the dry riverbed
#9: Bridge on the road between Mingun and Letpan
#10: Satellite image of the degree confluence
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