'Europe's geographic center' sign unveiled in Polatsk

The memorial sign "Europe's Geographic Center" was today unveiled in Polatsk, Vitsebsk region. Its coordinates are: N55.30' and E28.48'. The official news agency Belta reports that the Belarusian geodesists used aerospace and state-of-the-art computer technologies to determine Europe's geographic center. Researchers concluded that Europe's center is located exactly in Polatsk.

Russian scientists from the Central Research Institute for Geodesy and Aero Mapping confirmed the estimates of the Belarusian colleagues and supported their methodology.