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LocationFrance
Poitou-Charentes
La Roche Chalais
Camping Municipal Les Gerbes
Distance (S) from Greenwich
WGS84 lat/long45.149090, -0.002420
TypeBoulder
Marking date1 Jan 2000
AccessUnrestricted
Greenwich Meridian Marker; France; Poitou-Charentes; La Roche Chalais
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Currently viewing images from 17 Aug 2012
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17 Aug 2012
Undated

Additional picture credits
PF Gilliard

The planned unveiling of this marking was postponed as a result of a storm on 27 December 1999. It was eventually unveiled on 22 January 2000 by the Mayor, Raymond Duclaud. The mark is located at the entrance to the Municipal Campsite.

Unveiling of mark (22 Jan 2000), with pictures