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France : Occitanie

1.4 km (0.9 miles) E of Sonnac-sur-l'Hers, Aude, Occitanie, France
Approx. altitude: 363 m (1190 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 43°S 178°W

Accuracy: 68 m (223 ft)
Quality: good

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

#2: View North, from 66m North of the point #3: View East, from 66m North of the point #4: View West, from 66m North of the point #5: ‘Half zeros’: 66m past 43 Degrees North; 2 Degrees East (GPS+GLONASS) #6: My GPS receiver, 66m North of the point #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 #12: The impressive-looking church in the small village of Chalabre, about 2km South of the point

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  43°N 2°E (visit #6)  

#1: The confluence point lies 66m away, in this apple orchard.  (This is also a view to the South.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

18-Sep-2023 -- While driving from Carcassonne, France to the small alpine nation of Andorra, I made a detour to visit this Degree Confluence Point, located in an apple orchard.

A paved road passes just 100m North of the point. I parked there, and walked about 30m South, to a bank that overlooks the orchard (where the trees were covered with nets). I stopped there, 66m (+/- GPS error of 2m) North of the point, and did not proceed any further. Unfortunately I hadn’t read the reports from previous visitors, because at the time I thought that this was a vineyard, where the nets would have been too low to comfortably walk under. If I had realized that I was looking instead at covered apple trees, I might have proceeded further to try to get ‘all zeros’. (However, I did later fly my drone directly over the point, to get an aerial view.)

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies 66m away, in this apple orchard. (This is also a view to the South.)
#2: View North, from 66m North of the point
#3: View East, from 66m North of the point
#4: View West, from 66m North of the point
#5: ‘Half zeros’: 66m past 43 Degrees North; 2 Degrees East (GPS+GLONASS)
#6: My GPS receiver, 66m North of the point
#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
#12: The impressive-looking church in the small village of Chalabre, about 2km South of the point
ALL: All pictures on one page