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45th Parallel North Monument

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45th Parallel North Monument

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45th Parallel North Monument

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Location: Corrençon-En-Vercors, Grenoble, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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1. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Les Ritons

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2. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Corrençon-en-Vercors

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3. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Les Ritons

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Richard Gatersleben

November 23, 2021

Here you pass the 45th parallel north. Is is indicate by a plaquette.

Wikipedia says: The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The 45th parallel north is often called the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole, but the true halfway point is 16.0 km (9.9 mi) north of it (approximately between 45°08'36" and 45°08'37") because Earth is an oblate spheroid; that is, it bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles.[1]

At this latitude, the sun is visible for 15 hours 37 minutes during the summer solstice, and 8 hours 46 minutes during the winter solstice. The midday Sun stands 21.6° above the southern horizon at the December solstice, 68.4° at the June solstice, and exactly 45.0° at either equinox
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Vince

May 4, 2022

Symbolic place, since this 45th parallel is the imaginary line which positions you exactly at the same distance from the North Pole as from the equator.

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Elevation 1,260 m

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Location: Corrençon-En-Vercors, Grenoble, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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45th Parallel North Monument

1. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Les Ritons

2. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Corrençon-en-Vercors

3. Le Clariant Restaurant – 45th Parallel North Monument loop from Les Ritons

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