St. Paul Rocks
Goodchild/Blackshear
Anyone out there have any information on St. Paul Rocks; a group of very
small islands right on the equator. Who administers them? History?
Nationality? Cruising info?
Any information would increase my current store of knowledge by 100%.
Thanks
David N. Goodchild
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John Frye
In article <34170B...@philly.infi.net>, bbla...@philly.infi.net
says...
These rocks are owned by Brazil. You can find some information in
"DX" related amateur radio sources.
Owen Harald Morgan
Well, you've certainly got me curious! I have looked in Microsoft Encarta
World Atlas, which is supposed to be the most comprehensive Atlas on any
media, but have found nothing!
The following is cut from an article about the Atlantic Ocean in the
Encarta-97 Encyclopedia.
: The Azores, St Paul's Rocks, Ascension, and the
: Tristan da Cunha group are isolated peaks of the
: Mid-Atlantic Ridge system; the large island of Iceland
: is also the result of volcanic action at the Mid-Atlantic
: Ridge. Bermuda rises from the floor of the North American
: Basin, and St Helena from the Angola Basin.
There was nothing in Websters Interactive.
Have you got an approximate LAT/LONG? At least I've got it narrowed down to
one ocean!
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Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", ohmo...@online.no, Tønsberg, Norway
Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground that you cannot think of
moving them.
Goodchild/Blackshear <bbla...@philly.infi.net> wrote in article
<34170B...@philly.infi.net>...
Kim Klaka
rocks are ,they are just N of the equator off Brazil. Jon Sanders used
them as his rounding mark for his record breaking solo non-stop triple
circumnavigation 1986-1988.
John Frye
In article <01bcc15e$506df000$LocalHost@owens-pc>, ohmo...@online.no
says...
> Well, you've certainly got me curious! I have looked in Microsoft Encarta
> World Atlas, which is supposed to be the most comprehensive Atlas on any
> media, but have found nothing!
>
>
from this rock are issued by the Brazilian government, therefore meaning
the rocks are under the control of the Brazilian government. For further
information, you might check with your nearest Brazilian consulate.
Steve
Owen Harald Morgan wrote:
>
> Well, you've certainly got me curious! I have looked in Microsoft Encarta
> World Atlas, which is supposed to be the most comprehensive Atlas on any
> media, but have found nothing!
>
> Encarta-97 Encyclopedia.
>
> : The Azores, St Paul's Rocks, Ascension, and the
> : Tristan da Cunha group are isolated peaks of the
> : Mid-Atlantic Ridge system; the large island of Iceland
> : is also the result of volcanic action at the Mid-Atlantic
> : Ridge. Bermuda rises from the floor of the North American
> : Basin, and St Helena from the Angola Basin.
>
> There was nothing in Websters Interactive.
> Have you got an approximate LAT/LONG? At least I've got it narrowed down to
> one ocean!
My 1902 (yes 02!) copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica shows St Paul's
Rocks at
0'40"N, 29'20"W , hope this helps!
Steve
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Mark Anderson
Kim Klaka <tkla...@cc.curtin.edu.au> wrote:
> > I missed the start of this thread but if you are wondering where St Paul
> rocks are ,they are just N of the equator off Brazil.
I'm pretty sure they're administered by Brazil. They're so close to the
equator that they are sometimes hidden by the equator line on your
globe.
For a vivid description of them, (barren, covered with birds and guano,
and baking in the sun), see Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. In
one of them, Dr. Maturin is inadvertantly marooned on the rocks for 3
days when Aubrey's ship is blown away by a gale. (Maturin had coerced a
birding visit to the rocks while otherwise becalmed, until the gale.)
--
Mark Anderson
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Owen Harald Morgan
Yup, thanks! {:-)
They are listed as "Rocedos São Pedro e São Paulo, physical featue,
Atlantic Ocean" in Encarta Atlas. Why didn't I think of that!? Found them
by zooming in around the LAT/LON you gave. Afterwards it turned out they
showed up quite well on the satellite picture in Encarta.
Anybody been there??? How about litterature, web links etc.?
I am connecting to my IAP using cell phone (!!$$$$!!), so can't afford to
surf the net, but every now and then, I visit someone with a "normal" phone
line and go crazy!
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", ohmo...@online.no, Tønsberg, Norway
Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground that you cannot think of
moving them.
Steve <ju...@ruralnet.net.au> wrote in article
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