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France : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

near Charbonnières-les-Vieilles, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Approx. altitude: 607 m (1991 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 46°S 177°W

Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)
Quality: good

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

#2: View to north #3: View to east #4: View to south #5: View to west #6: GPS reading at 46N 3E #7: Placename sign of Charbonnières-Les-Vieilles #8: The three approaches to the pasture #9: Cow and bull

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  46°N 3°E (visit #6)  

#1: Location of CP 46N 3E at a distance of 32 m

(visited by Thomas Barthel)

11-Jul-2018 -- During the summer holidays direction Pyrenees I had the chance to visit some confluence points.

During the trip we passed the region "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" with the CP 46°N 3°E in it. From Combronde I neared the CP from direction ESE by taking the road D19. It was a very curvy way through a beautiful landscape! Soon the entrance of the village Charbonnières-Les-Vieilles was in sight. I followed the main road, called "Rue de Combronde", and turned right after 300 m, on a small country road, leading direction north. From the junction the CP was in a distance of around 420 m beeline. I passed a farm house, a few gates beside the road, and reached the nearest point to the CP on road.

There I parked the car and stepped over a wide gate onto a field with high grass and a row of smaller trees. Behind that trees a fence appeared, made of barbed wire and an additional electro wire on top. I did the picture of the location from there, with a very old and impressive tree in the back of the CP location. The confluence point 46N 3E is located on a used pasture, around half the way between the old tree and the fence. After taking the pictures of the four directions I took the narrow way to the neighboured pasture (to be seen on picture #02) and found cattle there. The very bright cows and bulls grazed there. At luck I didn't wear red clothes...

This visit took place around 1 p.m. and it was very hot. Soon we reached the autoroute A89 and the trip continued direction southwest.


 All pictures
#1: Location of CP 46N 3E at a distance of 32 m
#2: View to north
#3: View to east
#4: View to south
#5: View to west
#6: GPS reading at 46N 3E
#7: Placename sign of Charbonnières-Les-Vieilles
#8: The three approaches to the pasture
#9: Cow and bull
ALL: All pictures on one page