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Article: Cape crusaders; South Africa's oceanic squabble.(Atlantic and Indian Oceans)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2002
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Finding where two oceans meet is not as simple as you might think
A FEW minutes' drive north of Quito, Ecuador's capital, travellers flock to a painted yellow line that marks the equator. At the Greenwich observatory in London, visitors can place a foot in each of the eastern and western hemispheres by straddling the Greenwich meridian. And at South Africa's Cape Point tourists see the Atlantic and Indian oceans splash together. Right? Not the third of these. Over 800,000 people each year trek to the spectacular cliffs, the lighthouses and Two Oceans curio shops at Cape Point, an hour from Cape Town, believing they witness the seas meeting. They are tricked, and ...