Near Cromwell on Luggate-Cromwell Road there is a plaque
marking the 45th Parallel South which is theoretically the halfway
point between the Equator and South Pole. This Latitude line lies across 3 oceans
(Pacific, Atlantic and Indian) and tiny bits of land of 3 countries in the
southern hemisphere. These three countries are New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.
In New Zealand this line runs pass Central Otago, north of
Queenstown and Omaru. The background of this plaque is Lake Dunstan. If you
reach this point, I assume you can say you are halfway to the South Pole!
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