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Brazil : Santa Catarina

11.3 km (7.0 miles) N of Taió, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Approx. altitude: 626 m (2053 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 27°N 130°E

Accuracy: 6 m (19 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: North view from confluence area #3: East view from confluence area #4: South view from confluence area #5: View to confluence area at a distance of 100 meters #6: Closed GPS #7: Confluence visitors #8: The confluence visitors having a rest in Taió - Santa Catarina #9: Heading towards the confluence through the pine tree reforestation  -- The road to the confluence listening Chico Cesar song  -- The road to the confluence listening Chico Cesar song

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  27°S 50°W (visit #1)  

#1: West view from confluence area

(visited by Alceo Carta Neto, Cleverson Miguel Correia e Silva, Rafael Wolf, Eduardo Calcuchimac da Nova Fernandez, Willians Marlon de Jesus, Diogo Biasuz Dahlke, Alexei Boncewicz da Fonseca and Bruno Leonardo)

Portuguese

09-Apr-2004 -- We visited this confluence as part of an university project. We study ORIENTEERING AND LAND NAVIGATION with professor Raul M. Friedmann at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Paraná(CEFET-PR).

We left Curitiba-PR at 6:30 AM on the April 9th and drove for approximately 360Km to the city of Salete, state of Santa Catarina (SC). The confluence took place over a hill beside the road. We tried to reach the other side of the hill by car, because according to the maps there were plantations near the confluence, making it easier for us to find it.

Unfortunately, even with the help of the local people, we were not able to find the correct road. The best attack point we found was inside a private property, 1400m from the confluence. We thank Mrs Imelda Rohden and her daughters for calling the landowners, who authorized our entrance.

It was a pine tree reforestation. We walked towards the confluence until we found dense native woods. We tried to follow some trails, but at the end we had to make our way through approximately 200m of native jungle, until we found a plantation. Then we walked through open field to the conquest of the 27S 50W confluence at approximately 16:15. The altitude was 634m.

Portuguese

Fizemos a visita à confluência 27S 50W como parte de um trabalho de faculdade, da disciplina de FUNDAMENTOS DE ORIENTAÇÃO, CARTOGRAFIA E NAVEGAÇÃO TERRESTRE, ministrada pelo professor Raul M. Friedmann, no Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Paraná (CEFET-PR), como optativa nos cursos de Engenharia.

Saímos de Curitiba em torno de 6:30 da manhã do dia 9 de abril, percorrendo aproximadamente 360Km até a cidade de Salete-SC. A confluência se encontrava sobre um morro, o qual tentamos contornar de carro, pois segundo o mapa havia plantações do outro lado e seria mais fácil encontrá-la.

Mesmo com a ajuda de moradores da cidade, não conseguimos encontrar a estrada certa que levasse ao outro lado do morro. O melhor ponto para o ataque foi dentro de uma propriedade particular, a aproximadamente 1400m da confluencia. Agradecemos à Dona Imelda Rohden e suas filhas, que ligaram para o proprietário que autorizou nossa entrada.

O terreno era um reflorestamento de Pinus. Andamos em direção à confluência até que a 650m de distância chegamos à mata fechada. Tentamos ir por algumas trilhas, mas tivemos que abrir caminho por 200m de mata nativa até chegarmos em uma plantação. A partir disso andamos por campo aberto e conquistamos a confluência 27S 50W aproximadamente às 16:15, a 634m de altitude.


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#1: West view from confluence area
#2: North view from confluence area
#3: East view from confluence area
#4: South view from confluence area
#5: View to confluence area at a distance of 100 meters
#6: Closed GPS
#7: Confluence visitors
#8: The confluence visitors having a rest in Taió - Santa Catarina
#9: Heading towards the confluence through the pine tree reforestation -- The road to the confluence listening Chico Cesar song -- The road to the confluence listening Chico Cesar song
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