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LocationSpain
Valencia
la Pobla Tornesa
E side of: CV-15 (Villafamés-Castellón Road)
Distance (S) from Greenwich
WGS84 lat/long40.115800, -0.001200
TypeObelisk/Pillar
Marking dateUnknown
AccessUnrestricted
Greenwich Meridian Marker; Spain; Valencia; la Pobla Tornesa
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Currently viewing images from 01 May 2016
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01 May 2016

Additional picture credits
Juan Emilio Prades Bel (1 May 2016). Reproduced under a the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence (see below)

One of a pair of similar obelisks. The other is to the north. The crash barrier directly in front of the obelisk is of a later date. Large brown signs placed either side of the obelisk on the side of the road (at a distance of about 50 and 70 metres) are there to indicate the presence of the obelisk to passing motorists. The 1 May 2016 image set shows the one to the south. The one to the north is identical except for the fact that the words Nord (north), Sud (south), Oest (west) and Est (east) are reversed. Both signs give the latitude as: 40º07’01”.

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)