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"Velvet Strand," Portmarnock, near Dublin (Ireland). "Dedicated to the circumnavigation of the globe in 1930 by Australian aviator Charles Kingford Smith [1897-1935] in the aeroplace The Southern Cross, during which Smith made the first East to West crossing of the Atlantic by flying from Portmarnock beach to Newfoundland & NewYork. The bronze needle points directly to the North Star."
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