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Antipodes Island Group (possession) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 40 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -49.6660 decimal degrees |
| Long: 178 46 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 178.7660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Rocky islands that are almost the exact antipodes of London, England; charted in 1800; before the globe was accurately charted, the antipodes of London was thought to be New Zealand. |
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| Antipodes Island Group (preferred,NA,V,English,U)
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| Antipodes (C,V)
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............ | so-named because they are almost exactly opposite London, England on the globe |
| Antipodes Islands (C,V)
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| Antipode (C,O)
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| Tegenvoeters (C,O)
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| Antipodes Island (NA,V)
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| Antypodes (H,V)
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