# What Are Farthest Compass Points You've Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761 "2006-06-15T02:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/1 "2006-06-15T02:45:18Z")
On the ground, not just an airport visit either. For me **North** : Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland **South** : Cancun, Mexico **East** : Greenwich, England **West** ; West Side of Kauai Island ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/2 "2006-06-15T02:49:51Z")
North: Saskatoon, SK South: Tampa, FL East: Jacksonville, FL West: Los Angeles, CA or Vancouver, BC ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/3 "2006-06-15T02:57:06Z")
**North** : Akureyri, Iceland **South** : Stewart Island, New Zealand **East** : East Cape, New Zealand **West** : Chatham Island, New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/4 "2006-06-15T03:01:56Z")
North: Arctic Circle, on the pipeline road South: Cabo San Lucas East: Rhodes West: Nome ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/5 "2006-06-15T03:03:09Z")
I’ve never been outside the contiguous continental US. North: Duluth, MN South: Orlando, FL East: Danbury, CT West: San Diego, CA ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/6 "2006-06-15T03:11:42Z")
I should have added the appropriate co-ordinates **North** : Akureyri, Iceland 65N **South** : Stewart Island, New Zealand 47S **East** : East Cape, New Zealand 178E **West** : Chatham Island, New Zealand 176W ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/7 "2006-06-15T03:15:48Z")
North: Fairbanks, Alaska South: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles East: Aalten, Netherlands West: Anchorage, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/8 "2006-06-15T03:17:59Z")
North: semi-wilderness just north of Cordova, Alaska South: Singapore. Never been south of the equator East: Using my hometown (Boston) as a base, I’d say Luxembourg West: Ditto, Singapore ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/9 "2006-06-15T03:20:01Z")
Actually, after checking a map, I have to change my ‘North’ answer to: Reyjavik, Iceland. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/10 "2006-06-15T03:40:44Z")
North: Anchorage, Alaska South: Queenstown, New Zealand I’m assuming these are defined as the furtherest from Greenwich in each direction: East: Napier, New Zealand West: Anchorage, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/11 "2006-06-15T03:44:11Z")
Pretty much what you see [here](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Misc&mode=&pic=Misc014.JPG&picindex=13) , except for the southern part. I believe the furthest south was Houston, TX. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/12 "2006-06-15T03:48:43Z")
North: Amsterdam South: Martinique East: Vienna West: Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/13 "2006-06-15T04:15:26Z")
North: Juneau, Alaska South: Stewart Island, New Zealand East and West: Taveuni, Fiji (on the 180th meridian) ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/14 "2006-06-15T04:23:21Z")
**WEST** Jaisalmer (western India) **SOUTH** Bali, Indonesia **NORTH** Hokkaido, Japan **EAST** Long Island, New York ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/15 "2006-06-15T04:24:55Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Pretty much what you see [here](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Misc&mode=&pic=Misc014.JPG&picindex=13) , except for the southern part. I believe the furthest south was Houston, TX. That looks oddly like an airplane Okay, my turn North: Marquette, Michigan East:Maine South:St Petes, Florida West:Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/16 "2006-06-15T04:26:49Z")
North: Amsterdam, Netherlands South: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico East: Prague, Czech Republic West: San Francisco, United States ---
**Author:** ![Hirundo82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@Hirundo82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirundo82)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/17 "2006-06-15T04:31:33Z")
North: Anchorage, Alaska, USA (61.22N) South: Takoradi, Ghana (4.88N) East: St. Petersburg, Russia (30.26E) West: Anchorage, Alaska, USA (149.90W) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/18 "2006-06-15T04:33:37Z")
North: Niagra Falls Canada South: Key West FL (strange that the Bahamas and the parts of Mexico I’ve been to are north of this) East: New York Harbor West: Catalina Island CA ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/19 "2006-06-15T04:37:16Z")
North: Edmonton or Moscow, they look equal to me. South: Ushuaia West: Somewhere in Japan. East: Somewhere in Israel. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/20 "2006-06-15T06:23:49Z")
North: Dudinka, Siberia South: Cotabato City, The Phillipines East: Kabul, Afghanistan West: Cotabato City, The Phillipines (or is that east of Washington, DC) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761.md?page=2)