Guavaberry Emporium's Direction and Distance Sign - Philipsburg - Sint Maarten
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neoc1
N 18° 01.315 W 063° 02.558
20Q E 495487 N 1992610
Guavaberry Emporium has a direction and distance arrow tree on Front Street in Phillipsburg, Sint Maarten.
Waymark Code: WMDVK8
Location:
Date Posted: 02/27/2012
Views: 34
Guavaberry is the indigenous beverage of the Dutch side of St. Martin (Sint Maarten). The Guavaberry Emporium has a shop on the main shopping street of Phillipsburg where tourists can sample and purchase the beverages made from Guavaberries. Adjacent to the storefront there is a large, well maintained, direction and distance arrow tree. There are nine rows of arrows pointing to cities around the world. The top row has four arrows and the other rows have two arrows each for a total of 20 direction and distance arrows.
Represented are:
Halifax, Canada - 1843 miles
Cancun, Mexico - 1549 miles
Dakar, Senegal - 3034 miles
Caripanu, Venezuela - 502 miles
Belem, Brazil - 1673 miles
Evanston, Illinois, USA - 2189 miles
Bombay, India - 8508 miles
San Juan, Puerto Rico - 195 miles
Belfast, Ireland & U.K. - 3914 miles
Willemstad, Curacao, Neth. Antilles - 559 miles
Hamilton, Bermuda - 992 miles
Paramaribo, Surinam - 998 miles
Charleston, S. Carolina, USA - 1458 miles
Port Of Spain, Trinidad - 519 miles
Hong Kong, China - 8365 miles
Port Au Prince, Haiti - 599 miles
The Azores, Portugal - 2640 miles
Dubbo, Australia - 10,055 miles
The Valley, Anguilla - 17 miles
Manaus, Brazil - 1475 miles
Historic significance:
The sign primarily serves as an eye catching display for the Guavaberry Emporium, the establishment that placed and maintains the sign. It also provides interesting information for tourists who which to know the distance from their home country and major cities on all continents (except Antarctica). Whrn cruise ships are in the harbor tourists flood the narrow shopping street. On this day there were four cruise ships and thousands of tourists.
Location nearest to where you live now:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is the closest location which has an arrow. It's about 500 air miles from my home in Agawam, MA, USA.
Date placed: Not listed
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