Tugu the equator
tugu the equator or equator monument was on
the road the equator , pontianak north
, the province of west kalimantan .It is located about 3 km from the city
center pontianak , toward the city mempawah .Tugu this became one of the
tourism icons kota pontianak and always visit by public , especially tourists
who came to the city of pontianak .And tugu the equator pontianak it is a
monument bersejaah that is there we pontianak with that is already we should
take care of and on the history of development tugu it can be read upon record
is in building .In its note mentioned that: based on records obtained in 1941
of v . En .W by opzichter wiese quoted from bijdragen tot de geographie of chef
van den topographischen dienst in nederlandsch indie : den 31 sten maart in
1928 have come in pontianak One expedition international led by an expert on
geography film holland to figure out the points / milestone a line equator in
the city pontianak events important and magnificent around tugu the equator is
during the the point of culmination the sun , the natural phenomena when the
sun right in the equator .At the time the position of the sun be exactly was
sitting on the head it eradicates all shadow objects dipermukaan the earth .On
the events of culmination the , shadow tugu will “disappeared” some sec when in sunlight
.Similarly by the shadow of objects other than tugu .Events the point of culmination
it happened a year twice , namely between the date of on march and on september
.It is the history of the place which i favoritkan
