Poste Maurice Cortier

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Poste Maurice Cortier was a desert halt in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It can be found along the way from Algiers to the French Sudan.

It became popularly known as Bidon 5 because its sign board was an empty gas-can with the numeral 5 painted upon it; and bidon is French for "gas-can".
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Coordinates:   22°19'8"N   1°6'58"E
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