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==World's largest weather vane== According to the [[Guinness World Records]], the [[world's largest weather vane]] is a [[TΓo Pepe]] [[sherry]] advertisement located in [[Jerez de la Frontera|Jerez]], Spain. The city of [[Montague, Michigan]] also claims to have the largest standard-design weather vane, being a ship and arrow which measures {{convert|48|ft|m}} tall, with an arrow {{convert|26|ft|m}} long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.org/Property/Detail.aspx?p=G4884|title=The World's Largest Weather Vane - Ella Ellenwood|access-date=2010-06-01|archive-date=2012-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229194424/http://www.michigan.org/Property/Detail.aspx?p=G4884|url-status=dead}}</ref> A challenger for the title of the world's largest weather vane is located in [[Whitehorse, Yukon]] in Canada. The weather vane is a retired [[Douglas DC-3]] CF-CPY atop a swiveling support. Located at the Yukon Transportation Museum<ref>[http://www.goytm.ca goytm.ca]</ref> beside [[Whitehorse International Airport]], the weather vane is used by pilots to determine wind direction, used as a landmark by tourists and enjoyed by locals. The weather vane only requires a 5 knot wind to rotate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorenorth.com/library/aviation/cf-cpy.html |title=DC-3 CF-CPY: The World's Largest Weather Vane - ExploreNorth |publisher=ExploreNorth |access-date=2010-02-13}}</ref> A challenger for the world's tallest weather vane{{cn|date=March 2023}} is located in [[Westlock]], [[Alberta]]. The classic weather vane that reaches to {{convert|50|ft|m}} is topped by a 1942 Case Model D Tractor. This landmark is located at the Canadian Tractor Museum.
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