South side of the 30m pyramidal monument to mark the equator at La Mitad del Mundo, San Antonio, Pichincha Province, Ecuador

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Charles Marie de la Condamine first identified this district 22km north of Quito as La Mitad del Mundo the middle of the world in 1736

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Location: La Mitad del Mundo, San Antonio, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, South America
Photo credit: © Rob Francis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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