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The Hongu Valley > Mera Peak > Additions and Corrections
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| Nelson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Hi Michael, The odds are that the coordinates are the ones that were on the page when I took it over from WIlliam. I don't recall changing them, but that was years ago. Where did you get your numbers from, since the page you reference says Mera Peak Lat 27 46 27 Long 86 54 40? In any case, the position of Mera is of some controversy, as I'm sure you are aware. See this page from the Real Mera site. I looked at the interactive map satellite photo, and the current position seems pretty close, judging by where the Sabai Tsho and Dudh Kund lakes are located. Comapre with this Nelles map. (Make sure your browser does not shrink it to fit the screen). Let me know what you think. - Nelson | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 6:07 pm | ||
| dmiki | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Hi Nelson, >Where did you get your numbers from I used the formula from http://www.summitpost.org/mountains/faq.pl#MP_TOPO : "Recalculate the DMS-data (dd° mm' ss.sss'') with the following formula (only mm and ss have to be recalculated): xxxx = (mm / 60) + (ss.sss / 3600)." I really don`t know where to find reliable data on Nepalese peaks. I am quite disappointed with nearly all of the maps available here (Kathmandu). I just thought their own ministry might have some trustworthy info on their website - apparently not. Michael | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 12:52 am | ||
| dmiki | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | According to http://www.tourism.gov.np/peaksopedfortrekking.htm (if it is correct (and due to the state of their website it might not be)), shouldn`t the geo coordinates of the peak be: 27.7742, 86.9111 ? (Where did you get your coordinates from?) thx Michael | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 3:14 am | ||
| Nelson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Hi Michael, The odds are that the coordinates are the ones that were on the page when I took it over from WIlliam. I don't recall changing them, but that was years ago. Where did you get your numbers from, since the page you reference says Mera Peak Lat 27 46 27 Long 86 54 40? In any case, the position of Mera is of some controversy, as I'm sure you are aware. See this page from the Real Mera site. I looked at the interactive map satellite photo, and the current position seems pretty close, judging by where the Sabai Tsho and Dudh Kund lakes are located. Comapre with this Nelles map. (Make sure your browser does not shrink it to fit the screen). Let me know what you think. - Nelson | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 6:07 pm | ||
| dmiki | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Hi Nelson, >Where did you get your numbers from I used the formula from http://www.summitpost.org/mountains/faq.pl#MP_TOPO : "Recalculate the DMS-data (dd° mm' ss.sss'') with the following formula (only mm and ss have to be recalculated): xxxx = (mm / 60) + (ss.sss / 3600)." I really don`t know where to find reliable data on Nepalese peaks. I am quite disappointed with nearly all of the maps available here (Kathmandu). I just thought their own ministry might have some trustworthy info on their website - apparently not. Michael | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 12:52 am | ||
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