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Todd Obelisk - SA

Todd Obelisk

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -33.92944 141.002502

DMS: 33º 55' 45.98" S 141º 00' 9.01" E

UTM: 54 H 6245668mN 500231mE

Altitude: 27.87m

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

247.19kms NorthEast of Adelaide - Driving 306 km (4 hours 29 mins)
559.98kms NorthWest of Melbourne - Driving 734 km (8 hours 44 mins)
760.48kms West of Canberra - Driving 993 km (11 hours 19 mins)

Address & Contact

Chowilla Game Reserve
South Australia

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

This Cairn was erected in 1868 after the South Australian Government Observer and Superintendant of Telegraphs, Charles Todd was sent to the area to determine the correct 141st Meridian of Longitude.

PlaceID	78696

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Lake Victoria at 01/09:00am EST

Distance from Todd Obelisk 27.13km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.5°C	°C	80%	6.3°C	hPa	0.0mm	-	km/hr knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Lake Victoria Storage

Distance from Todd Obelisk 27.13km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.1	31.6	28.4	23.5	19.0	15.7	15.3	17.2	20.4	23.7	27.3	30.3
Mean Min. °C	16.5	16.5	14.0	10.5	7.7	5.8	5.3	6.1	8.1	10.6	13.2	15.3
Mean Rain mm	19.5	19.4	14.6	18.1	23.7	23.1	24.9	23.7	24.1	27.3	23.7	20.7