Poeppel Corner
Poeppel Corner (known as Poeppels Corner in Queensland) at latitude 26° S and longitude 138° E is a corner of state boundaries in Australia, where the state of Queensland meets South Australia and the Northern Territory. As with the other three corners it is sometimes a destination for four wheel drive tourists.
Augustus Poeppel, after which the point is named, conducted a survey in the mid 1880s to find the exact location of the central Australian state borders.[1] His team used camels to drag a coolibah post to mark the intersection. Originally the point was located in a salt lake, however it was found that the measuring chain used was a few centimetres too long. Another survey was conducted by Lawrence Wells, who relocated the post to its current position.[1]
There are three times New Year's Eve in Poeppel Corner (also in Cameron Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner), because it's in the corner of three time zones.
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- ^ a b Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2002). Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback. State of Queensland. pp. 134. ISBN 0-7345-1040-3.
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| Name | Surveyor Generals | Poeppel | Haddon | Cameron |
| States | WA/NT/SA | NT/SA/Qld | SA/Qld | SA/Qld/NSW |
Coordinates: 26°S 138°E / 26°S 138°E
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