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166 countries [10-May-05] A visit to 14S 33E puts Malawi as a new entry on the list of countries with visits. 3 more countries [03-May-05] Recent confluence visits to Haiti, Guinea-Bissau, and Liberia push the number of countries with visits to 165. 162 countries [21-Apr-05] A series of four adventurous visits starting with 14N 44E adds Yemen to the list of countries with visits. website maintenance [09-Apr-05] On April 11, 2005, starting at 18:00 UTC (6:00PM UTC), this website was unavailable for about 15 minutes due to planned website maintenance. For a period of a few hours surrounding that time, logins to the Member page were disabled, but everything should now be back to normal. If you notice any problems, please contact your regional coordinator. 160 countries [16-Mar-05] An incomplete visit to 12°N 62°W, in Grenada, brings the total number of countries with visits to 160. japan (land) complete [17-Jan-05] Japan's last land confluence has been visited. However, with more than half of the country's confluences in the water there are still many to document. 40,000 photographs [28-Dec-04] From a humble beginning in 1996 with 4 photographs of the "confluence that started it all", 43°N 72°W, the Degree Confluence Project has grown to the point that as 2004 comes to a close the website has over 40,000 photographs, from 159 countries. 159 countries [21-Dec-04] A visit to 19°S 65°W, in Bolivia, and a visit to half-way to the pole (or equator) [17-Dec-04] Recently Vincent Caillard made a visit to 45N on the Prime Meridian. What lies at this point half-way from equator to pole on the Zero line? A signpost from a previous vistor - with the spelling corrected by the locals... argentina reaches 100 [17-Dec-04] Argentina is the 9th country to have 100 or more successful confluence visits 157 countries [10-Dec-04] A visit to 17°N 63°W, in the country of Saint Kitts and Nevis, brings the total number of countries with visits to 157. 2005 calendar [07-Dec-04] The Degree Confluence Project 2005 calendar is available for download from the 2005 Calendar page. It is a high resolution PDF document that you can print, and is donationware. germany to china by land [30-Nov-04] Rainer Mautz traveled from Germany to China (mostly) by land. He filed 29 reports (26 complete, 3 incomplete), the story starts here. re-visits aren't worthwhile??? [03-Nov-04] Those who thought like this until now should take a comparative look at 24N 55E as it looked like 3 years ago, and at 24N 55E as it looks like in the meantime. A dramatic change indeed, and worth being documented for the DCP. geographic center of the ec [14-Oct-04] After the recent expansion of the European Community to the East, Sixta Verlauth and Juergen de Haas , members of the team of the Explorer Magazin paid a visit to the center of the European Continent. 146 visitors [08-Oct-04] A visit to 55°N 83°E had 146 visitors, a new record, as well as determining the location with an accuracy of 10mm! 6 confluences in a single day [06-Oct-04] Shawn Fleming and Sam Gallucci managed to visit six Nevada confluences in a single day, starting with 38°N 118°W finland complete (again) [06-Oct-04] With the visits to two offshore confluences, at 60°N 22°E and 60°N 21°E, all indexed confluences in Finland have been visited. 156 countries [04-Oct-04] A visit to 54°N 28°E, in the country of Belarus, brings the total number of countries with visits to 156. extra excitement in the steppe [26-Sep-04] David Coombs recently added a handful of visits in Mongolia. This one sticks out since the team rolled their van in their haste to reach the goal, had a brocken accelerator pedal and then ran out of gas... moldova is complete [15-Sep-04] With the recent visit to 48°N 28°E, all confluences in Moldova have been successfully visited. south african "100" [25-Aug-04] A visit to 27S 22E lifts South Africa into the exclusive club of countries with 100 or more visited Confluences. This includes Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, Saudia Arabia, South Africa, and the United States. hammerfest special visit [25-Aug-04] Hermann Grebner has visited the Meridian Column in Hammerfest, Norway. It marks the northern end of the first international project to measure the size of the Earth, in 1852. 155 countries [22-Aug-04] A visit to 42°N 44°E, in the country of Georgia, brings the total number of countries with visits to 155. australia reaches 300 visits [21-Aug-04] Doug Thompson's first confluence visit to 25°S 114°E took australia to 300 successful visits carnivorous plants in sweden [17-Aug-04] Henrik Sunden found a sundew plant while visiting 66°N 20°E tajikistan [29-Jul-04] Tajikistan is the 154th country with confluencing activity. 153 countries [28-Jul-04] Guyana now has its first visit: 4N 59W. Which makes it the 153rd country in our project. 152 countries [20-Jul-04] A visit to 2°S 30°E, the only confluence in Rwanda, brings the total number of countries with visits to 152. it is 151 now ... [14-Jul-04] With a visit to 26S 57W, the first one in Paraguay we now have 151 countries with at least one visit ! 20 percent [07-Jul-04] Based on the currently indexed confluences, 20% of the primary confluences have now been visited! 150 countries [02-Jul-04] a visit to 42°N 77°E makes Kyrgyzstan the 150th country with at least one confluence visit afghanistan [22-Jun-04] The first confluence visited in Afghanistan is located in a bomb crater...There are now 149 countries with visits. midnight sun confluence trip [21-Jun-04] The sun was up at midnight during a long trip to 66°N 16°W, one of the few remaining confluences in Iceland. bermuda [10-Jun-04] A recent visit to a confluence near Bermuda, unfortunately with no view of land, made Bermuda the 148th country with incomplete or complete confluence visits. 'epic' high altitude track [02-Jun-04] A 6-day pack-horse trip high up in Tibet led to 30N 90E. Snow storms, high altitude sickness, snow blindness...all to visit a spot where some imaginary lines meet. madagascar adventures [14-May-04] A romantic idea to visit a confluence during a honeymoon trip in Madagascar turned out to become a stunning story of a day-long disappearance, desperate car chases in the night, and even more. Don't miss reading about what happened during the search for 19°S 49°E. icelandic marathon [12-May-04] For the 64°N 14°W visit Arngrimur Magnusson and his friends hiked more than 43 km in a single day! finland complete! [08-May-04] 68°N 25°E was the last landbased confluence in Finland. The remaining points are all in the ocean, within sight of land. ant/arctic [05-May-04] A new visit to the North Pole (90°N) is the first complete one since the project was started, and a new primary visit to 70°S 170°E leaves only 1,715 left in Antarctica! walla walla confluence [23-Apr-04] Oregon's last unvisited confluence on land, the "Walla Walla" confluence (46N 118W), which is in a restricted watershed area, has been visited by city staff while on official business. saudi expeditions [21-Apr-04] Two groups, starting together with 27N 44E, later splitting up to collect lots of new Confluences each, push the number of visited Confluences in Saudi-Arabia to over 100. angola is country 147 [18-Apr-04] Angola, having been for a few weeks the second largest country with unvisited Confluences, has now become initially visited at 13S 13E. add bangladesh [12-Apr-04] With a visit to 24N 90E Bangladesh became the 146th country with complete or incomplete visits. bosnia/herzegovina [04-Apr-04] A recent successful visit to falkland islands [28-Mar-04] The Falkland Islands, also known as the Islas Malvinas, became the 144th country to be visited when 52°S 60°W was successfully visited! simultaneous visits [26-Mar-04] Another strange case of two unconnected groups meeting at a confluence! This time it's in Svalbard, at 78°N 15°E. This has happened thrice before, at 40°N 124°W, 53°N 113°W and 26°S 30°E. libya is country 143 [25-Mar-04] Libya, having been until recently the second largest country with unvisited Confluences, has now become initially visited at 32N 13E. a polar bear at 79n12e [24-Mar-04] Svalbard has seen a flurry of activity, on a visit to 79°N 12°E (a 'new northernmost record') a polar bear was sighted just half a km from the point. latvia is complete [19-Mar-04] Due to a recent visit, all confluences in Latvia have now been visited at least once! svalbard is country 142 [18-Mar-04] The first three confluences on this territory have been visited. At 78°N these are the most northerly active confluences besides the north pole itself. the maltese confluence [16-Mar-04] A recent visit to the offshore confluence near Malta brings the number of countries with complete or incomplete visits to 141. This both begins and completes the list of confluences currently assigned to Malta. several more new countries [13-Mar-04] Recent visits in Syria (33°N 36°E), Ethiopia (9°N 39°E), and Western Sahara (27°N 13°W) bring the list of countries with complete or incomplete visits to 140! alabama complete (finally) [03-Mar-04] After unsuccessful attempts going the bureaucratic route success was achieved by just driving up to the gate and asking politely. 135 & 137 [02-Mar-04] Things are happening quite fast ... Recent visits have touched Netherlands Antilles (18N 63W) - country 135 and Belize (17N 89W) - country 137. another country got 1st visit [02-Mar-04] The first confluence in East Timor has been visited. There is one more land confluence in this country. 136 countries now have complete or incomplete visits lesotho completed [18-Feb-04] Visiting 29S 29E, father Hendrik and daughter Jana van Eeden finally succeeded in visiting all four Confluences inside Lesotho, thus putting a complete country's Confluences on their personal records. 100 brazilian confluences [13-Jan-04] Brazil is the 5th country with 100 distinct completed confluences. The United States, Canada, Australia and China preceded it. eritrean confluence visited [08-Jan-04] A visit to 15N 39E puts Eritrea as 134th country on the list of countries with visited or incomplete Confluence visits. confluence project 1/6 complete [25-Dec-03] The primary goals of the Degree Confluence Project are 1/6 complete. Of the 16151 primary confluences indexed on the planet, over 2692 (1/6) have been successfully visited. 133rd country with a visit [18-Dec-03] The first confluence in Uzbekistan has been visited. There are 49 more in this country. 133 countries now have complete or incomplete visits 132nd country gets visit [10-Dec-03] After a visit to Brunei's only confluence we have 132 countries with complete or incomplete visits. 300 visits for canada [10-Dec-03] With the successful visit to 51°N 96°W in Manitoba, Canada has reached 300 visits. Even so, there are more unvisited confluences(1,700) in Canada than the total number of confluences in the United States(1,261). new countries with visits [28-Nov-03] The first visit in Madagascar, visit in Panamá, and visit in Ecuador bring our list of countries with complete or incomplete visits to 131! 2004 calendar [25-Nov-03] The Degree Confluence Project 2004 calendar is available for download from the calendar page. It is a high resolution PDF document that you can print, and is donationware. wyoming wilderness [20-Nov-03] Scott Davis and a group of venture scouts made a 6-day, 70 mile trek into the mountains of Wyoming, culminating in the (almost) first successful visit to 44N, 110W. big confluence trips [16-Oct-03] Dave Patton and Shawn Fleming have both made big confluence trips lately. Dave made 7 successful visits and 12 attempts during a ten day trip (mostly in British Columbia), while Shawn managed to visit 9 points (mostly in Nevada) in a single weekend. new countries with visits [11-Oct-03] The first Cambodian visit, Nicaraguan visit, Honduran visit, Moldovan visit, and Papua New Guinean visit bring our list of countries with complete or incomplete visits to 128! special visit in russia [06-Oct-03] The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory is the origin point for the Pulkovo-1942 geodetic datum, which was used for determining latitude and longitude in the countries of the USSR. lebanon is complete [01-Sep-03] The one and only land-based Confluence 34N 36E in Lebanon has been visited, another one far out in the sea still remains. macedonia is complete [19-Aug-03] All confluences in the country of Macedonia have now been visited! bulgaria is complete [18-Aug-03] All confluences in Bulgaria have now been visited at least once! 15 percent [18-Aug-03] Based on the currently indexed confluences, 15% of the primary confluences have now been visited! bulgaria is complete [16-Aug-03] Although one point in the Black Sea with a view of land remains, all of the land-based confluences in Bulgaria have now been visited. sweden complete [11-Aug-03] after a very impressive weekend trip by henrik sunden, who walked a total of 60 km to visit the last two points (68N 19E and 68N 21E), sweden is now complete albanian visit [01-Aug-03] Albania had its first confluence visit! Now 123 countries have successful or incomplete confluence visits. namibian confluences [31-Jul-03] On a winter holiday trip to Namibia, Hendrik van Eeden met many fellow confluencers and toured a whole series of Confluences starting with 28S 19E. important site changes [20-Jul-03] There have been a number of important changes made on the site, including to our Photo Requirements, and to how visits are categorized. Please see the July 20th entry on the What's New page for more information. iraq's first visited confluence [20-Jul-03] A helicopter landing on 34N 43E adds Iraq to the list of countries with visited Confluences. switzerland is complete [01-Jul-03] All confluences in Switzerland have now been visited, thanks to a beautiful visit to 46°N 7°E! antipodean confluence visits [09-Jun-03] A recent visit in Spain combines with an older visit in New Zealand to provide the first pair of visits to antipodean (at exactly opposite points on the globe) confluences submitted by the same visitors! 20,000 photographs [06-May-03] From a humble beginning in 1996 with 4 photographs of the "confluence that started it all", 43°N 72°W, the Degree Confluence Project has grown to the point that in May 2003 the site has over 20,000 photographs, from 120 countries. visits to snowy confluences [18-Apr-03] Recent visits using snowmobiles and skiis in Labrador and Quebec have brought Canada to 240 successful visits, or 12% of the total available. new countries with visited confluences [11-Mar-03] Visits to 12N 18E, 0N 7E and 13N 32E added Chad, the islands of Sao Tome and Principe and the Sudan to the country list. geographers conference... [09-Mar-03] 4000 Geographers in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, so close to a confluence... First Group, Second Group offshore confluences [22-Feb-03] All offshore confluences where land can be shown to jut over the horizon by at least the apparent width of the moon have now been indexed. Lower views of land may well qualify, but have not yet been indexed. revisits encouraged [19-Feb-03] Thinking of visiting a confluence but all the ones in your area have already been done? Try revisiting one in a different season from the original visit, or pick one that hasn't been documented well enough. We post all submissions that meet our standards. three gorges dam [11-Feb-03] A six-confluence journey to document the area before the filling of the Three Gorges Dam in China starts with 31°N 111°E. yugoslavia is no more... [07-Feb-03] If you look for Yugoslavia on the country list, you won't find it anymore. Recently the name was changed to Serbia and Montenegro, along with major changes to the nature of their union. equator confluence [21-Jan-03] A visit to a "backyard confluence" at 0° 30°E adds Uganda to the country list. antarctica [05-Jan-03] Bob Greschke recently visited four points in Antarctica, including the first primary confluence since the South Pole, 82°S 120°W. u.a.e. is complete [16-Dec-02] Since a short while all the land-based Confluences in the United Arab Emirates have been visited. As even the few remaining offshore Confluences are getting tackled, hurry up and grab your boats! sri lanka & china [26-Nov-02] Check out the first visit in Sri Lanka at 8°N 81°E and an attempt on the second highest confluence in the world, 30°N 85°E in China. near the caspian sea [12-Nov-02] Recent visits near the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have added those countries to our front page! Of the five countries that border on the Caspian, only Iran and Turkmenistan have not yet had visits. around australia with the goddess [29-Oct-02] Chris and Karin Weight have visited 16 confluences so far (with at least two others pending) in their trek around Australia. The Goddess has been good to them, with 13 successful visits and only three submitted as attempts. australia by bike [21-Oct-02] Craig Giffen has covered 11931.63 km around Australia by bicycle, with five successful confluence visits in Tasmania, Queensland and his latest in Western Australia. He's now on the downhill track to Perth! website downtime on october 22 [15-Oct-02] On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 this website may be unavailable from 8 AM to 8 PM, EDT while our host(ibiblio) moves and upgrades their servers. The actual downtime is expected to be shorter(maybe 2-3 hours). 2000 primary confluences [07-Oct-02] An international, bilingual, three-day, seven-confluence tour through the Arabian desert starting with 27 sweden primary complete [24-Sep-02] Magnus Berglund and Henrik Sunden both made multi-day mountain hikes to bag the two remaining primary confluences in Sweden: 68°N18°E and 63°N13°E. southernmost us confluence [21-Sep-02] A new offshore confluence added for Florida lies further south than any other confluence in the continental US. Older news... |