page_title: Geographical midpoint of Europe
section_title: Transcarpathia, modern day Ukraine
hierarchical_section_title: Geographical midpoint of Europe / History of claims / Austria-Hungary / Transcarpathia, modern day Ukraine
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Географічний центр Європи, Круглий, Закарпатська область Deutsch: Geographischer Mittelpunkt Europas bei Kruhlyj, Rajon Rachiw, Oblast Transkarpatien, Ukraine. Inschrift am Originalmonument von 1887: Locus perennis diligentissime cum libella librationis quae est in Austria et Hungaria confecta cum mensura gradum meridionalium et parallelorum Europe. MDCCCLXXXVII. English: Geographical midpoint of Europe in Kruhlyy, Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
context_page_description: The location of the geographical centre of Europe depends on the definition of the borders of Europe, mainly whether remote islands are included to define the extreme points of Europe, and on the method of calculating the final result. Thus, several places claim to host this hypothetical centre.
  The first official declaration of the Centre of Europe was made in 1775 by the Polish royal astronomer and cartographer Szymon Antoni Sobiekrajski, who calculated it to be in the town of Suchowola near Białystok in modern north-eastern Poland. The method used was that of calculating equal distances from the extreme points of Europe: the westernmost point in Portugal; the easternmost point in the Central Urals; the northernmost point in Norway; and the southernmost point in Greece. There is a monument commemorating that definition in Suchowola 53°34′39″N 23°06′22″E.
context_section_description: In 1887, geographers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire set up a historical marker and a large stone in what is today a part of Ukraine, believed to mark the geographic centre of Europe. The interpretation of the worn Latin inscription on the monument is debated, with some claiming that the marker is merely one of a number of fixed triangulation points for surveying purposes established around the territory of the former empire. The external borders of Europe taken into account during the calculations are not known. According to the description, the methodology used for the calculation is that of the geometrical middle point of the extreme latitudes and longitudes of Europe, so the stone was located at 48°30′N 23°23′E. However, the actual location of the monument seems rather 47°57′46.47″N 24°11′14.4″E and not the coordinates to which they relate. This is near the village of Dilove located on the Tisza river, close to the Romanian border, in the county of Rakhiv in the Transcarpathian region.
caption: Austrian-Hungarian marker in Ukraine
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