# What Are Farthest Compass Points You've Been To?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/61 "2006-06-16T08:26:05Z")

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north - hokkaido japan (daisetsusan)  
south - melbourne australia  
west - orlando florida  
east - paris, france

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**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/62 "2006-06-16T11:46:50Z")

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> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#):
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> Really? Huh. Not used to seeing it mentioned in any thread, much less a thread with extremes. I grew up here, as did at least one other doper.

My grandparents live down there, so I’ve been down a few times to visit them. It’s a nice place.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/63 "2006-06-16T12:14:02Z")

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From the prime meridian:

North - Kotlas, Russia  
South, Napier, New Zealand  
East, Napier, New Zealand.  
West, Honolulu, Hawaii

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**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/64 "2006-06-16T12:46:04Z")

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**North:** north shore of the Firth of Forth  
**South:** Straits of Gibraltar  
**East:** on Lake Baikal, near where the Angara flows in  
**West:** western tip of Lake Ontario.

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**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/65 "2006-06-17T00:20:31Z")

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North/West: Johor Bahru, Malaysia  
South: Oamaru, NZ  
East: Gisborne, NZ

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