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This graticule is located at [[43,-117]]. [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=43&long=-117&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location]
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[[File:2011-07-17 43 -118 landscape.JPG|400 px|Typical arid upland forest in the Buchanan graticule.]]
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Except for the agricultural areas around Vale, at the northwest corner of the graticule, and Jordan Valley, just off the southeast, this area is among the must rugged and remote in Oregon. Owyhee Lake, a reservoir more than 50 miles long, is a dominant local feature. Some of the extreme eastern edge of the graticule extends slightly into Idaho.
  
 
== Expedition History ==
 
== Expedition History ==
  
This [[Oregon]] graticule is presumed to be "virgin."  If you have (or have previously had) a successful expedition, award yourself the [[Virgin Graticule]] achievement, and please record the graticule's deflowered state here and on the [[Oregon]] page.
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===[[2011-07-16 44 -117]]===
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[[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] and [[User:Mrs.5000|Mrs.5000]] hiked up to a hashpoint a north of US-26 northeast of the small settlement of Juntura.
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{{Virgin graticule
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| latitude = 43
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| longitude = -117
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| date = 2011-07-17
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| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] and [[User:Mrs.5000|Mrs.5000]]
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| image = 2011-07-17 43 -117 clouds.JPG
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Revision as of 04:55, 18 July 2011

Prairie City Baker City Payette, Idaho
Buchanan Vale Boise, Idaho
Fields Jordan Valley Grand View, Idaho

Today's location: not yet announced

Typical arid upland forest in the Buchanan graticule.

Except for the agricultural areas around Vale, at the northwest corner of the graticule, and Jordan Valley, just off the southeast, this area is among the must rugged and remote in Oregon. Owyhee Lake, a reservoir more than 50 miles long, is a dominant local feature. Some of the extreme eastern edge of the graticule extends slightly into Idaho.

Expedition History

2011-07-16 44 -117

Michael5000 and Mrs.5000 hiked up to a hashpoint a north of US-26 northeast of the small settlement of Juntura.

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