Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0015153, Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:48:25 -0400

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BIRTHDAY: Where's Botkin? Answer #2: The Mid-Atlantic
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(a)
Bodkin Island (Chesapeake Bay)

(the place where the first lighthouse in Maryland was constructed (1821) as an aid to shipping entering Baltimore)

(b)
Botkin Hollow -
a valley in Highland County, Virginia.
Latitude: 38.40722 : Longitude: -79.4486

(c)
Botkin Ridge - in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Latitude: 38.50083 - Longitude: -79.42

NOTE: compare (b) and (c) with latitude of Palermo, 38 08'N

Victor Fet

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