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1.5 km (0.9 miles) N of Casiguas, La Habana, Cuba
Approx. altitude: 123 m (403 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 23°S 98°E

Accuracy: 11 m (36 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: View to the South #3: View to the West #4: View to the North #5: View to the East #6: GPS Reading #7: Ground Zero #8: The Confluence Hunter #9: The Nearby House

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#1: The Confluence from 15 m Distance

(visited by Rainer Mautz)

02-Dec-2019 -- This report is the last out of nine reports reaching or attempting confluence points during my 2-week bicycle trip around Cuba. The story starts at 21°N 76°W and continues from 23°N 81°W.

I didn’t plan to visit this confluence point. But on my way to my destination Havana, I came to the town Jaruco. When I realised that I was just 5 km away from this confluence point – which I had visited 8 years ago already – I couldn’t resist. Anyway, it was just a short ride on a pleasant road with the confluence point located 11 m from the road.

I didn’t feel any need to enter the fenced area to get a zero reading. I could have asked the people in the nearby house for permission, but 11 m was good enough.

I returned the same road that I had come. But after riding 1 km, I suddenly felt that I couldn’t remember having packed my GPS receiver into my paniers. I checked my paniers but couldn’t find my device. Very worried, I returned to the confluence point. To my relief, I found the GPS device in the ditch. Happily, I continued cycling to Havana. The next day I left Cuba. Two weeks of great cycling found an end here.

CP Visit Details:

  • Distance to a road: 11 m
  • Distance to a track: 11 m
  • Distance to a footpath: 11 m
  • Distance of bicycle parking: 11 m
  • Time at the confluence: 9:23 AM
  • Measured height: 71 m
  • Minimal distance according to GPS: 11 m
  • Position accuracy: 2 m
  • Topography: almost flat
  • Vegetation: garden land, grass, a single tree
  • Weather: sunny, 27° C (felt temperature)
  • Given Name: The Lost GPS Confluence

The story finishes here.

More pictures of the trip can be found here.


 All pictures
#1: The Confluence from 15 m Distance
#2: View to the South
#3: View to the West
#4: View to the North
#5: View to the East
#6: GPS Reading
#7: Ground Zero
#8: The Confluence Hunter
#9: The Nearby House
ALL: All pictures on one page