# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/21 "2006-06-15T06:42:21Z")
North: Edinburgh, Scotland South: St. Lucia East: Rhodes, Greece West: California, USA ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/22 "2006-06-15T07:25:25Z")
North: Belfast. South: Zárate, Argentina. West: San Francisco East: Ierapetra, Crete. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/23 "2006-06-15T07:49:37Z")
North: the northern tip of Manhattan South: the southern shore of Key West East: Bay Shore, NY – Long Island, about halfway between the City and Montauk West: St Louis, MO Boring, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/24 "2006-06-15T09:02:37Z")
North: Iceland South: Sydney, Aust. West: Hong Kong East: Austria ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/25 "2006-06-15T09:32:39Z")
North: Orkney, Scotland South: Vitória, Brazil East: Paris, France West: San Francisco, CA, US ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/26 "2006-06-15T09:45:17Z")
North: Kirkwall, Orkneys East: Singapore South: Singapore (so I have never _quite_ left the northern hemisphere) West: St Lucia ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/27 "2006-06-15T10:09:31Z")
N – Fort William, Scotland (56.7 N) S – Huonville, Tasmania (43 S) E – Wellington, New Zealand (174.8 E) W – Victoria, British Columbia (123.3 W) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/28 "2006-06-15T10:54:01Z")
N: Fort Greely, Alaska S: Buenos Aeras (Gosh, I cannot spell to save my life this afternoon) E W Cross the date line a couple of times. I went east until it turned west and visa versa. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/29 "2006-06-15T11:30:37Z")
N: Helsinki perhaps? S: Sydney W/E: Circled the sucker ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/30 "2006-06-15T12:04:56Z")
With the last couple who have crossed the dateline – I thought this thread was about being on the ground, and airports did not count. I too have crossed the dateline, several times, and the furthest north I have been was in a plane somewhere over Alaska (between Osaka and Detroit) – my guess is about 60 North. And I’ve been on the ground in Honolulu (157.8 W), in a plane, but not actually leaving the plane. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/31 "2006-06-15T14:05:57Z")
North: Arbroath, Scotland South: Aruba East: (relative to east coast, U.S.): Naples, Italy West: San Francisco, probably ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/32 "2006-06-15T14:22:31Z")
59N - St. Petersburg, Russia 176E - Rotorua, NZ 44S - Milford Sound, NZ 159E - Avarua, Cook Islands ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/33 "2006-06-15T14:29:06Z")
North: Aberdeen, Scotland South: Singapore (counts also for East) West: Barbados Not very impressive really. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/34 "2006-06-15T14:30:28Z")
North: Somewhere near Toronto, Ontario. Despite the fact I grew up in Upstate NY I’ve never been to the North part of the Adirondacks. South: Key West FL. West: Zion Park, Utah. East: Boston MA. Again, despite the fact I grew up in Upstate NY the only times I’ve been to New England are the two times I flew into Boston for a gathering of online people, and the one time I drove into Vermont (and walked across the bridge from Brattleboro to New Hampshire just to say I’d been there.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/35 "2006-06-15T14:34:49Z")
Using Houston, Tx as my point of origin: North: Vancouver, BC South: Sydney, Australia East: New York City West: Singapore ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/36 "2006-06-15T14:37:39Z")
North: Montreal, Canada South: Honolulu, Hawaii West: Honolulu East: Old Orchard Beach, Maine ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/37 "2006-06-15T15:39:11Z")
North: Point Barrow, Alaska South: Cordoba, Argentina East: Hatay, Turkey West: Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean, Australia ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/38 "2006-06-15T15:47:07Z")
Well if ships & planes don’t count for round the world, I extend and revise my comments: N: Fort Greely, Alsaka S: Buenes Aires E: Manila W: Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/39 "2006-06-15T18:52:08Z")
Counting, rather egocentrically, from where I live (Ohio, USA): North: Somewhere in Maine, USA. South: Rio de Janeiro East: Israel West: San Francisco, CA. Oh, and I stood right on the equator while I was in Ecuador. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/40 "2006-06-15T19:03:02Z")
Man, not even close on any of them … North: Montreal, Quebec, Canada. South: Buenos Aires, Argentina. East: Beijing, China. (I would put Osaka, but Kansai was just a stopover on the way to Beijing). West: San Francisco, CA, USA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761.md?page=3)