# NSEW: How far have you been in each cardinal direction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135 "2011-06-28T14:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/61 "2011-06-28T20:37:09Z")
East, West: Taveuni, Fiji. The 180th meridian runs through the island. South: Nadi, Fiji (airport on way to Taveuni) North: Somewhere in either Yoho or Banff National Parks in Canada. Whichever is further north. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/62 "2011-06-28T20:39:43Z")
N: Aberdeen, Scotland W: Iowa City, Iowa, US S: Qrendi, Malta E: Berlin, Germany Iowa City is 3822 miles from where I’m sitting. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/63 "2011-06-28T20:44:56Z")
North: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada South: Taal, Batangas, Philippines West: Same East: Santorini, Greece Next year, I hope to go to Brazil and that will be my new South. I have got to break that equator. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/64 "2011-06-28T21:18:11Z")
North: Birmingham, England (or some point in the vicinity thereof) South: Cape Agulhas, South Africa (southern tip of Africa) East: Kosi Bay, South Africa (essentially the easternmost point in mainland South Africa) West: Santa Barbara, California (actually the UCSB campus, which is west of Santa Barbara proper) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/65 "2011-06-28T21:22:21Z")
North: Hammerfest, Norway South: Punta Arenas, Chile West: San Francisco East: Sakhalin Island, Russia. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/66 "2011-06-28T21:26:39Z")
North - Canada South - Honduras East - Vermont West - Hawaii Was born and live in NY. Of course the Earth is round so this is relative, but moot since I’ve never managed to go 360 degrees in any direction. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/67 "2011-06-28T21:29:04Z")
North and east: Helsinki, Finland. West: Tofino, BC, Canada. South: either Michelle Pfeiffer Burns State Park on the California coast halfway between Monterey and San Lius Obispo… or Virginia Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/68 "2011-06-28T21:30:10Z")
North and East: London, UK West: Regina, SK South: Atlanta ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/69 "2011-06-28T22:00:09Z")
North : Thursday Island, Australia - 10.5 S East: Levuka, Fiji - 178.8 E West: Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 159. 8 W South: Black Island, Antarctica - 78.3 S Of course, if you count easting and westing instead of longitude, then things change. East: Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga West: Darwin, Australia That’s from my home in NZ ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/70 "2011-06-28T22:44:48Z")
North: Akureyri, Iceland 65N South: Stewart Island, New Zealand 47S East: East Cape, New Zealand 178E West: Chatham Island, New Zealand 176W ---
**Author:** ![eeeyikes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eeeyikes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eeeyikes)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/71 "2011-06-28T23:52:39Z")
N: (air) Somewhere over Alsaka on a Dulles-Tokyo flight (on two feet) Just north of Jasper National Park (Canada) E: Barcelona, Spain W: Kyoto, Japan S: Barbados ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/72 "2011-06-29T00:25:01Z")
North: Cambridge, England North by land: Freeport, Maine East: Cambridge, England East by land: Wellfleet, Massachusetts West: Eureka, California South: West Palm Beach, Florida South by land: Bellaire (Houston), Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/73 "2011-06-29T01:34:14Z")
> [@Kiwi\_Fruit](#): > > North : Thursday Island, Australia - 10.5 S > East: Levuka, Fiji - 178.8 E > West: Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 159. 8 W > South: Black Island, Antarctica - 78.3 S > > Of course, if you count easting and westing instead of longitude, then things change. > > East: Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga > West: Darwin, Australia > > That’s from my home in NZ And of course the OP specifies **How far**. Doh! Thursday Island (north) 4472 km Black Island (south) 4520 km Muri, Rarotonga (east) 3020 km Darwin (west) 5216 km I used this [site](http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm#) for the distances. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/74 "2011-06-29T01:41:58Z")
North: Tacoma, WA South: Redding, CA East: Yellowstone NP West: Cape Blanco, OR Pretty pathetic ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/75 "2011-06-29T02:08:56Z")
I live in the Midwest (Chicagoland) North: Thought it was Toronto, but it turns out it’s London. USA bias going on here - Canada “feels” north, Europe and the UK “feel” east. But London is further north by quite a bit. West: Las Vegas South: Honduras East: Berlin ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/76 "2011-06-29T02:16:34Z")
North: Ancorage South: Panama EW: have circumnavigated. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/77 "2011-06-29T02:22:36Z")
North: Just past the Brooks Range in Alaska, maybe 125 miles south of Prudho Bay. (I’ve had, “North of Artic Circle sex.”) South: Santiago, Chili West: Probably Melbourne, Australia East: Off the coast of Egypt. I’ve now had sex on 5 of the 7 continents. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/78 "2011-06-29T02:29:50Z")
(Not counting flights from NA to Europe, flying over Greenland, for example) North: Keflavik, Iceland South: Abu Simbel, Egypt East: Palmyra, Syria West: Haines Junction, Yukon ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/79 "2011-06-29T03:53:09Z")
Relative to here (Montreal): North: seems to be Dublin, Ireland (I may be forgetting something) East : seems to be Vienna, Austria (again, if I’m not forgetting something) South: Ocho Rios, Jamaica West: Sea-Tac, Washington, USA ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/80 "2011-06-29T03:58:53Z")
North: Belgium East: Belgium West: San Diego South: Some shitty border town in Mexico. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=5)