Degree Confluence Project

The Degree Confluence Project is a World Wide Web-based all-volunteer project that aims to have people visit each of the integer degree intersections of latitude and longitude on Earth, posting photographs and a narrative of each visit online.

[1] For a successful visit, the visitor must get within 100 metres of the confluence point, and post a narrative and several photographs to the project website.

The total number of degree confluences is 64,442,[2] of which 21,543 are on land, 38,409 on water, and 4,490 on the Antarctic and Arctic ice caps.

In addition, at latitudes greater than 48°, only some points are designated primary because confluences crowd together near the poles.

For example: The project was started by Alex Jarrett in February 1996 because he "liked the idea of visiting a location represented by a round number such as 43°00'00"N 72°00'00"W. What would be there?