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France : Nouvelle-Aquitaine

6.8 km (4.2 miles) ENE of Lacanau, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Approx. altitude: 31 m (101 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 45°S 179°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View East #3: View South #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS) #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North, from 120m above the point #9: View East, from 120m above the point #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West, from 120m above the point

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  45°N 1°W (visit #7)  

#1: The confluence point lies in a commercial pine forest.  (This is also a view to the North.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

17-Oct-2023 -- From [44,0], I returned to Bordeaux, and then took roads to the Northwest (West of the Garonne River), ending up parking (like many of the previous visitors) at a turnout at [45.00252,-1.00283], 360m Northwest of the point. From there, I hiked along a sandy doubletrack road. At [45.00109,-0.99924], 135m Northeast of the point, I left the doubletrack and started bushwhacking through the pine forest, towards the point.

During this short hike through the pine forest, I had to deal with bracken ferns, gorse, and blackberries. I could easily have been hiking in my home country of New Zealand, as bracken fern grows natively there, and pine forests, gorse, and blackberries have been introduced. (I found it remarkable how much the trees here have grown since Rainer Mautz’s visit 8 years ago.) The point reminded me a lot of the point [44,-1] just to the South (which I had visited in 2018); that point is also in a commercial pine forest.

Fortunately, I was able to find a clearing in the tree cover to launch my drone. Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies in a commercial pine forest. (This is also a view to the North.)
#2: View East
#3: View South
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS)
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North, from 120m above the point
#9: View East, from 120m above the point
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West, from 120m above the point
ALL: All pictures on one page