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Maclear's Beacon

Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination.

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Location
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Completion date
December 1844
Dedicated to
Thomas Maclear
Designer
Thomas Maclear
Height
5 metres (16 ft)
Material
Rock

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Maclear's Beacon

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related to External links · 3
Maclear's Beacon → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Completion date · 1
Maclear's Beacon → December 1844
Coordinates · 1
Maclear's Beacon → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Dedicated to · 1
Maclear's Beacon → Thomas Maclear
Designer · 1
Maclear's Beacon → Thomas Maclear
Height · 1
Maclear's Beacon → 5 metres (16 ft)
Location · 1
Maclear's Beacon → Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Material · 1
Maclear's Beacon → Rock
is a · 1
Maclear's Beacon → triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination.The beacon is situated on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Maclear's BeaconCompletion dateDecember 18441.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconDedicated toThomas Maclear1.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconDesignerThomas Maclear1.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconHeight5 metres (16 ft)1.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconLocationTable Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa1.00infobox
Maclear's BeaconMaterialRock1.00infobox
Maclear's Beaconis atriangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination.The beacon is situated on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town0.90text
Maclear's Beaconrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Maclear's Beaconrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Maclear's Beaconrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section

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    Maclear's Beacon

    Nodes15
    Edges14
    Triples11
    Avg. degree1.87
    Density0.133333
    Components1
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