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Travel Bug Dog Tag Antipodes TB

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Owner:
Bobby.Peru Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, October 19, 2012
Origin:
Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of 8isenuff.

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Current Goal

This TB wants to go to the antipode of where it started (in Larvik, Norway). But as this point is located deep in the Southern Ocean, south east of New Zealand, it must be a little pragmatic about the mission.

The closest cache to the antipode is located on Pitt Island in the Chathams: https://coord.info/GC6J2QG.. There are, as of September 2018, 14 other (physical) caches in the Chathams, and a visit to any of those would be fine [8D]

Afterwards it can travel the world some more, and maybe travel to the direct antipode of the Chatham Island-cache - which would be this one https://coord.info/GC3QAM2 in southern France.

I admit that this is a VERY ambitious mission for a TB, but even more fun if it succeeds!

About This Item

Antipodes

Antipode

In geography, the antipodes of any any place on Earth, is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite of it. Two points that are antipodal to each other are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth.

In Britain and Ireland, "the Antipodes" is often used to refer to Australia and New Zealand, and "Antipodeans" to their inhabitants. Geographically the antipodes of Britain and Ireland are in the Pacific Ocean, south of New Zealand. This gave rise to the name of the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand, which are close to the antipodes of London at about 50° S 179° E. The antipodes of Australia are in the North Atlantic Ocean, while parts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are antipodal to New Zealand. The antipodes of South Africa and Zimbabwe are in the North Pacific Ocean, with Botswana antipodal to Hawaii, though as Southern Hemisphere ex-British colonies, they are sometimes included as antipodeans in colloquial English.

All together, less than 4% of land is antipodal to land. The largest antipodal land masses are the Malay Archipelago, antipodal to the Amazon Basin and adjoining Andean ranges; east China and Mongolia, antipodal to Chile and Argentina, and Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, antipodal to East Antarctica.

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Tracking History (18552.7mi) View Map

Visited 2/3/2014 gely57 took it to The Thrones Of Lamma Hong Kong - .34 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/3/2014 gely57 took it to Hung Shing Ye Beach CITO Hong Kong - 7.78 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/2/2014 gely57 took it to Man Tung Road Park Hong Kong - 5.9 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/26/2014 gely57 took it to CHEUNG SOK Hong Kong - .37 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/26/2014 gely57 took it to Holy Man Hong Kong - 4.17 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/25/2014 gely57 took it to Mui Wo Promenade Hong Kong - 1.4 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/25/2014 gely57 took it to Looking East Hong Kong - .33 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/25/2014 gely57 took it to Trappist Cache Hong Kong - 5.28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/24/2014 gely57 took it to Tung Chung Cable Car Viewing Platform Hong Kong - .37 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/24/2014 gely57 took it to Tung Chung Cable Car No. 2B Pylon Hong Kong - 1,475.73 miles  Visit Log
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