Ecuador: Middle of the World monument in wrong place

Posted on August 11, 2017 • Filed under: Ecuador, Ecuador Travel

telegraph.co.uk

Noteworthy geographical points have long been a motivation for travel – from Land’s End at the northern tip of mainland Britain to Four Corners in the US, where the borders of a quartet of states meet – but how many visitors know that they are often of dubious accuracy?

One of the most prominent examples of a cartographical pinpoint straying from the truth is the Middle of the World monument in Ecuador, visited by hundreds of thousands each year who want to straddle the Equator in a land which took its name from the line that bisects the planet.

However, all is not it seems. The genuine meeting of the two hemispheres is actually 800 feet to the north. Read Full Article

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