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And I thought seeing Mont Blanc from my town Le Creusot, France (a 216 km line of sight) was very long... not! Apparently it would only rank 6th from the bottom of this list!
What country uses '.' as the thousands separator but speaks English? Or is this someone mixing their native language thousands separator with English? Or is there some weird interaction between country and language that makes this the preferred, or at minimum an acceptable standard form? I'm actually hoping it's one of the latter options, that would be something new to me.
This is very cool. I'm told you can see Mt Fuji from Tokyo on a clear day, but I never managed to see it. I did manage to see Mont Blanc from my Kitchen in Lausanne, Switzerland a few times - such a beautiful sight.
Mt. McKinley (6.194 m.) What country uses '.' as the thousands separator but speaks English? Or is this someone mixing their native language thousands separator with English? Or is there some weird interaction between country and language that makes this the preferred, or at minimum an acceptable standard form? I'm actually hoping it's one of the latter options, that would be something new to me.
Does this mean that there is no known place (point) on Earth from which you can see some other point that is more than 538km away?
Under certain atmospheric conditions it may be possible to see further https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage#Superior_mirage
The site has photos listed for up to 381km, although the link for that one is broken.
This is very cool. I'm told you can see Mt Fuji from Tokyo on a clear day, but I never managed to see it. I did manage to see Mont Blanc from my Kitchen in Lausanne, Switzerland a few times - such a beautiful sight.
Mt. McKinley (6.194 m.) What country uses '.' as the thousands separator but speaks English? Or is this someone mixing their native language thousands separator with English? Or is there some weird interaction between country and language that makes this the preferred, or at minimum an acceptable standard form? I'm actually hoping it's one of the latter options, that would be something new to me.
Mt. McKinley (6.194 m.) What country uses '.' as the thousands separator but speaks English? Or is this someone mixing their native language thousands separator with English? Or is there some weird interaction between country and language that makes this the preferred, or at minimum an acceptable standard form? I'm actually hoping it's one of the latter options, that would be something new to me.
Pretty sure England does.
Nope, we use a comma as a thousands separator. I believe some European countries use a period though.
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Pretty sure England does.
Londoner here. Nope, we use a comma as a thousands separator. I believe some European countries use a period though.
Mt. McKinley (6.194 m.) What country uses '.' as the thousands separator but speaks English? Or is this someone mixing their native language thousands separator with English? Or is there some weird interaction between country and language that makes this the preferred, or at minimum an acceptable standard form? I'm actually hoping it's one of the latter options, that would be something new to me.