Maclear's Beacon (Q55621645)

matcher place: City of Cape Town (relation 79604)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1844 in South Africa, 19th-century architecture in South Africa, Buildings and structures completed in 1844, Buildings and structures in Cape Town, Geodesy, Geodesy stubs, Geomatics

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Maclear-baken is 'n klipstapel wat die hoogste punt op Tafelberg aandui. Die klipstapel van 3 m hoog is in 1979 tot 'n gedenkwaardigheid verklaar. Trigonometriese baken (28) Tafelberg is 1 087 m bo seevlak en 19 meter hoër as die boonste kabelstasie geleë.

Wikidata location: -33.9669, 18.4256 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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beacon (Q7321258)

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