REMARKABLE BOUNRDARIES

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 193, 21 July 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

REMARKABLE BOUNRDARIES

The demarcation of 1 1?0 Alasha-('•m'-mlp. boundary from the Ht. Klias rauco straight north along the ir.erid'aii to the Arctic Ocean lias l,<vn in progress since liHb, and is reported to have just been completed. This undertaking was notable for several reasons. No other mode*'.", boundary dom.nut'on has extende into such l'.i-ih latitudes, and few boundaries of equal length :in;".\ho-o in the world are so straight- The lii.e follow., the meridian without t slightest deviation, regardless oJ mountains, swamps and Wherever the lmi'mhuy 1 il'roiigh tinder and br ish a - it. , inu: ha- been made. Mmi ume!K« ].::\ c ),(■< II set an along the entire In:" at points virit.de from e:>ch other. ih 1 111y at dl. tarees of three _or r, mile;;. At imp'-i'taiit points 1)..>-■>■ monuments are "it. shafts n' aluminium bv-nn/o. weighing 30<Mh.. ,-et in 211111' 1 i*. of concrete. Tho boundary is «'<«"> miies long. hi d v marked by about 21 >i» monrr.tii *>