Tor Bay

Tor Bay (HM2K6A)

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N 45° 11.264', W 61° 21.239'

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First Successful Direct Commercial Cable Landing

To commemorate the landing at Tor Bay (Port Faraday) on September 15, 1875, of the first direct commercial cable to successfully transmit messages from England
to the mainland of North America
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HM NumberHM2K6A
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Placed ByProvince of Nova Scotia
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Date Added Saturday, August 31st, 2019 at 8:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)20T E 629306 N 5005123
Decimal Degrees45.18773333, -61.35398333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 11.264', W 61° 21.239'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 11' 15.84" N, 61° 21' 14.34" W
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