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RE: Location, Location, Location

From: Unknown <clubman~at~mis.net.au>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:53:40 +1000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Good Lord, Harry,

Don't let this out to the 'masses', we might have another Atlantis
revolution (again!) courtesy of M. Verne. I think not (chuckle)!

John Belshaw


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il
[mailto:owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il]On Behalf Of Harry Hayfield
Sent: 19/07/2001 07:29
To: Jules Verne Society YAHOO Group; Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Location, Location, Location


Ever since I downloaded it from the Internet "To the Moon and Back" has been
causing me grief, in terms of figuring out where something is.

According to the book, Stones Hill is "situated eighteen hundred feet above
the level of the sea, in 27~at~ 7' N. lat. and 5@ 7' W. long. of the meridian
of Washington"

Now, this would suggest that it is located at 27° 7' North and as Washington
is located at 77° 1' 48" West, that would place it at 84° 8' 48" West of the
Greenwich Meridian.

I then logged into the Geochache website, and placed the above GPS location
and asked members if they could take a picture of the location, expecting a
flood of photos. No photos arrived, but instead this did:

"It's in the water"

Looking at a map I did indeed note that he was correct.

So my question is "Was there ever an island at 27° 7' North Latitude and 84°
8' 48" West Longitude and if so what happened to it?"

Harry Hayfield

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