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Libya : al-Kufra
22 degrees north, 25 degrees east (visit #2) - All Pictures


#1: View from the cairn towards the 22N 25E confluence being 150 meters above the plane, on the slope of the gully, at the picture centre. Behind the gully the slopes of the northern Jabal `Uwaynāt ridge.
View from the cairn towards the 22N 25E confluence being 150 meters above the plane, on the slope of the gully, at the picture centre. Behind the gully the slopes of the northern Jabal `Uwaynāt ridge.
#2: An Italian boundary pole marked EGYPT/LIBIA dating back at least to 1934
An Italian boundary pole marked EGYPT/LIBIA dating back at least to 1934
#3: We are quite confident that this cairn is the one built in 1933 by Captain Oreste Marchesi of the Istituto Geografico Militare
We are quite confident that this cairn is the one built in 1933 by Captain Oreste Marchesi of the Istituto Geografico Militare
#4: Region map: "Pilastrino" was the location of the 22N 25E confluence according to the expedite survey by Captain Oreste Marchesi in 1933
Region map: "Pilastrino" was the location of the 22N 25E confluence according to the expedite survey by Captain Oreste Marchesi in 1933