Difference between revisions of "Kekerengu, New Zealand"

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The Kekerengu graticule is at latitude -42, longitude 174. It is almost entirely covered by water. Due to the rarity of Land Geohashes in this graticule, if a hashpoint ever falls on land, it is recommended that a huge party be thrown, perhaps even if it can't be on the correct date.

Statistics and Facts

No hashpoint has ever fallen on land since the inauguration of Geohashing on 21 May 2008.
Of the 9,135.854 km² the graticule spans, only 0.777 km² (0.0085%) is land. The remaining 9,135.077 km² (99.9915%) is water.
On average, a hashpoint can be expected to fall on land once every 32.2 years. By the same token, Saturday meetups would occur every 225.5 years (or about 4.44 times per millennium).
The graticule contains approximately 1.7 km of State Highway , its only major road, and one of only three roads in the graticule (the others being Kekerengu Rd and Sunrise Pl).

Notable Dates

Since 1 October 1928 (the earliest date for which Dow data is available), a hashpoint has fallen on land only three times:

There was also a "near miss" on Saturday 18 February 1984, roughly 20 m offshore. This is the closest this graticule has ever been to having a land-based Saturday meetup point. It is also interesting to note that this was only eight days after a hashpoint actually did strike land.

Note: These are calculated using pre-30W rules.

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 ==Notable Dates==
 Since 1 October 1928 (the earliest date for which [[Dow]] data is available), a hashpoint has fallen on land '''only three times:'''
-* [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1935-06-23&lat=-42&long=174&zoom=9&abs=-1 Sunday 23 June 1935]
+* {{egl|1935-06-23|-42|174|text=Sunday 23 June 1935}}
-* [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1954-01-15&lat=-42&long=174&zoom=9&abs=-1 Friday 15 January 1954]
+* {{egl|1954-01-15|-42|174|text=Friday 15 January 1954}}
-* [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1984-02-10&lat=-42&long=174&zoom=9&abs=-1 Friday 10 February 1984]
+* {{egl|1984-02-10|-42|174|text=Friday 10 February 1984}}
-There was also a "near miss" on [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1984-02-18&lat=-42&long=174&zoom=9&abs=-1 Saturday 18 February 1984], roughly '''20 m offshore.'''  This is the closest this graticule has ever been to having a land-based [[Saturday meetup]] point.  It is also interesting to note that this was only eight days after a hashpoint actually ''did'' strike land.
+There was also a "near miss" on {{egl|1984-02-18|-42|174|text=Saturday 18 February 1984}}, roughly '''20 m offshore.'''  This is the closest this graticule has ever been to having a land-based [[Saturday meetup]] point.  It is also interesting to note that this was only eight days after a hashpoint actually ''did'' strike land.
 '''''Note:''' These are calculated using pre-[[30W]] rules.''

Nelson	Wellington	Upper Hutt
Kaikoura	Kekerengu	-42,175
Le Bons Bay	-43,174	-43,175
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