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Ecuador

File number: ele0044

© South American Pictures/ Rob Francis

Ecuador. La Mitad del Mundo monument (the middle of the world) marks the line that divides north from south: the equator. The site of the equatorial line was first established by a expedition led by the French scientist Charles de la Condamine in 1736-44.

 

 

 

 

 

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