#geographicoddities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #geographicoddities, aggregated by home.social.
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Tri-States Monument in Port Jervis, New York
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.#geographicoddities #geography #geographicmarkers #borders #monuments #section-Atlas
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Old Tri-State Monument in Markleysburg, Pennsylvania
An original Mason Dixon line Cairn placed in the 1760s during a famous territorial dispute that was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.#borders #cartography #geographicoddities #geographicmarkers #monuments #section-Atlas
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Ras Angela in Ras Angela, Tunisia
The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?#monuments #maps #geographicoddities #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
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Steinstücken Exclave in Berlin, Germany
A helicopter memorial commemorating what was once the only way to access this West Berlin exclave.#memorials #geographicmarkers #geographicoddities #borders #worldwarii #coldwar #section-Atlas
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Mannheim Quadratestadt in Mannheim, Germany
In this German city center, the streets have no names.#maps #cities #streetnames #urbanplanning #geographicoddities #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
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Nahwa in Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates
A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
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