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Theoretical Half Way Point

LATITUDE 45 N THEORETICAL HALF WAY PIONT NORTH POLE --> 3117.55 MILES EQUATOR <-- 3097.39 MILES  THE SPHEROIDAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH MAKES DEGREES OF LATITUDE IN THE NORTH LONGER THAN IN THE SOUTH....

LATITUDE 45 N 
THEORETICAL HALF WAY PIONT 
NORTH POLE 
--> 
3117.55 MILES 
EQUATOR 
<-- 
3097.39 MILES 

THE SPHEROIDAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH 
MAKES DEGREES OF LATITUDE IN THE 
NORTH LONGER THAN IN THE SOUTH. THE 
TRUE HALF-WAY POINT BETWEEN POLE 
AND EQUATOR ON HIGHWAY 41 IS 
MARKED 710 FEET NORTH OF MENOMINEE, 
ON HIGHWAY 141 SEE MARKER 3/4 MILE 
NORTH OF BEAVER. 

ERECTED BY 
FRANK E. NOYES, 1938

Submitted by Alan Stern.  

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