Comments on: Where are the four corners of your world? http://verseau.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/where-are-the-four-corners-of-your-world/ By a Francophilic, Anglophilic, nostalgic Nintendo-loving New England linguist Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Duke Togo http://verseau.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/where-are-the-four-corners-of-your-world/#comment-1135 Duke Togo Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:57:10 +0000 http://verseau.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-1135 Excluding in-flight (because trips to the Orient can take you over the pole): North - Stronsay / Orkney 59 degrees North? South - Fiji East - Grand Canyon (I went East from birthplace to get there) West - San Francisco (I went West from my birthplace to get there). High - 2000M??? In Alps??? Low - Death Valley, California, 100m below sea-level Duely noted that my Easternmost extremity is in fact overlapping with my Westernmost... Just to let you know, next week I'm planning to reach the Northenmost, Southernmost, Westernmost, Easternmost ppoints of mainland GB, as well as the highest and lowest. See my blog for more details. Excluding in-flight (because trips to the Orient can take you over the pole):
North – Stronsay / Orkney 59 degrees North?
South – Fiji
East – Grand Canyon (I went East from birthplace to get there)
West – San Francisco (I went West from my birthplace to get there).
High – 2000M??? In Alps???
Low – Death Valley, California, 100m below sea-level

Duely noted that my Easternmost extremity is in fact overlapping with my Westernmost…

Just to let you know, next week I’m planning to reach the Northenmost, Southernmost, Westernmost, Easternmost ppoints of mainland GB, as well as the highest and lowest. See my blog for more details.

]]> By: squamloon http://verseau.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/where-are-the-four-corners-of-your-world/#comment-1067 squamloon Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:27:07 +0000 http://verseau.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-1067 Wow. You've sparked quite a conversation here, and you've got me really thinking about emulating your post... the only problem is, my photos will need to be found in boxes and scanned... and the research incvolved in finding the exact points is daunting... But here's an <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5269sv" rel="nofollow">approximation</a>, in case I never get to it. Wow. You’ve sparked quite a conversation here, and you’ve got me really thinking about emulating your post… the only problem is, my photos will need to be found in boxes and scanned… and the research incvolved in finding the exact points is daunting…

But here’s an approximation, in case I never get to it.

]]> By: Megan http://verseau.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/where-are-the-four-corners-of-your-world/#comment-1066 Megan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:15:08 +0000 http://verseau.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-1066 Let's see... North - Inverness, Scotland South - Brisbane, Australia East - Xiamen, China (or Brisbane, Australia) West - San Francisco, USA :) Is that dinner coming along? How's school? We should do lunch sometime! Let’s see…

North – Inverness, Scotland
South – Brisbane, Australia
East – Xiamen, China (or Brisbane, Australia)
West – San Francisco, USA

:)

Is that dinner coming along? How’s school? We should do lunch sometime!

]]> By: botogol http://verseau.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/where-are-the-four-corners-of-your-world/#comment-1065 botogol Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:32:06 +0000 http://verseau.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-1065 Here's <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104868900013824232952.000456dfc895b01499b95&z=2" rel="nofollow">mine</a> Here’s mine

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