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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. Older news... |