The yellow line
A foot in each half.
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A visitor complex on the equator north of Quito, centred on a huge stone monument about thirty metres tall topped by a globe, honouring the eighteenth-century French Geodesic Mission that measured the Earth's shape here and fixed the equator that gave the country its name: Ecuador means «equator». A yellow line on the ground marks the equator, where visitors stand with one foot in each hemisphere for photos. Inside the monument is a museum of Ecuador's cultures, and the complex has a colonial-style square, small museums, restaurants and souvenir shops. Modern satellite navigation later placed the exact equator a short distance from the monument, and nearby a small independent museum runs playful equator experiments. The sun is overhead and very strong here, so bring a hat and sunscreen. It is usually combined with the nearby Pululahua volcanic crater.
A foot in each half.
Topped by a globe.
Measuring the Earth.
San Antonio de Pichincha, about 25 km north of Quito
Not quite: modern navigation puts the exact line a short distance away, but the yellow line remains the famous photo spot.