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Great Wall of China
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From: scott.holder@verizon.net
I'm not convinced that is the Great Wall....looks like just a mountain range, and seems much too far north of BeijingSat Jan 28 10:26:06 -0800 2006 From: Ravendark54
If you check google earth, you'll see that its one of many places identified as the wall. However due to the low rez images of all the wall sites, its hard to truly tell what it iz without an overlay...which I haven't done yet.Mon Jan 30 12:51:50 -0800 2006 From: Qwerty
I've seen that location in Google Earth, but I don't think it is correct. It is about 55 miles southeast of Dalai Nur lake. The northernmost section of the Wall I've found in my atlas, as well as several maps I've checked online, is well over twice that distance from Dalai Nur to the south-south-west, and about a hundred miles north of Beijing.Fri Feb 03 12:52:34 -0800 2006 From: mitinkun
Hi
Wed Mar 08 20:06:18 -0800 2006 Not sure is this the right place to post this message. But I was looking for great wall of china around Beijing. Which ended with no result. So I looked further north west and found this one. I just need others to verify is this the correct site. Since there is no pictures of Great Wall of China is avaliable on Google Earth. Here is the location: 37 00'48.31" N 102 11'29.35" E From: meBigGuy
Here is a much better view:
Sat Jul 08 21:08:41 -0700 2006 "great wall" lat=40.3555014285, lon=116.008396423 From: tedder
map link from meBigGuy. Thoughts, anyone?Sun Jul 09 20:12:18 -0700 2006 From: pete592
meBigGuy definitely nailed it.
Sun Jul 09 20:40:21 -0700 2006 It's centered on an area where obviously a lot of tourists get their Great Wall fix. The wall is crossing this area from south to northeast, with guard towers and the double line of the wall's top rails clearly visible. There's a bazillion tour buses just down the hill to the east. I'm trying to figure out what this particular fortification with the all the people in the couryard is called. From: pete592
I think I found the name of meBigGuy's great wall site. This is the BaDaLing Fortress along the BaDaLing section of the great wall:
Sun Jul 09 21:39:23 -0700 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaling The big highway that heads southeast to Beijing is the BaDaLing Expressway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaling_Expressway If you follow the wall north from BaDaLing, it loops back south (clockwise) to JuYongGuan Pass, which also has its share of tourist traffic: 40°20'14.76"N 116° 1'55.15"E http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juyongguan From: Shadrack
I am certain that meBigGuys link is to Badaling is correct. I have been to Badaling for my Great Wall of China fix about ten years ago and this is Badaling for sure.
Sun Jul 09 21:56:26 -0700 2006 One of the most amusing sites at the Great Wall at Badaling was a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet, complete with a cardboard cutout of Colonel Sanders! |
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