# What are the most extreme latitudes you've experienced? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271 "2007-06-08T15:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/21 "2007-06-08T19:28:45Z")
I’ve been in a helicopter flying over Treriksröset (the northernmost point of Sweden, where Finland, Norway and Sweden meet), at 69’4" N. If helicopters fall under the airplane restriction I’ve been on foot in Abisko at 68’21" N. As for the southernmost point, I’ve been to Crete at 35 N. ---
**Author:** ![OatmealB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OatmealB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OatmealB)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/22 "2007-06-08T19:38:16Z")
North: Edmonton, AB 53 degrees N South: Melbourne, VIC 37 degrees S ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/23 "2007-06-08T19:49:52Z")
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada - 60 deg N St. Martin in the Caribbean - 17 deg N ---
**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 8, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/24 "2007-06-08T19:49:53Z")
North–Kotlas, Russia, 61 degrees 15’ N South–Hastings, NZ 39 degrees 40’ S ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/25 "2007-06-08T19:57:43Z")
Wow, there’s a pretty good number of people (over half of the people posting to this thread) who have never been in the Southern Hemisphere at all! ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/26 "2007-06-08T19:59:59Z")
N HEM NORTH: Calgary AB Can - 51 N N HEM SOUTH: Honolulu HI USA - 21 N S HEM NORTH: Cairns QLD Aus - 16 S S HEM SOUTH: Auckland NZ - 36 S ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/27 "2007-06-08T20:09:21Z")
Northernmost: Willow, AK 61 44’ 50" North Southernmost: Ka Lae, HI 18 54’ 49" North ---
**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 8, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/28 "2007-06-08T20:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Wow, there’s a pretty good number of people (over half of the people posting to this thread) who have never been in the Southern Hemisphere at all! [/QUOTE] I first crossed the Equator at the age of 2 – I don’t remember it, but I do know that I was travelling north at the time. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/29 "2007-06-08T20:33:02Z")
North: Edinburgh, Scotland 55.96° N South: Miami, Florida 25.77° N ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/30 "2007-06-08T20:36:35Z")
Northernmost: Probably Berlin, Germany, at about 52 degrees N Southernmost: St. George’s, Grenada, 12 degrees N ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/31 "2007-06-08T20:39:06Z")
I think I win at northern most (so far): 78.13° N – Longyearbyen (Svalbard) It’s tough to beat that unless you made a trek to the North Pole. Southern most: 1.17° N – Singapore ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/32 "2007-06-08T21:27:41Z")
Pt Barrow, Alaska. Forget exactly, but it was a bit more than 71 degrees N. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/33 "2007-06-08T21:30:23Z")
I expect **robby** and **casdave** can probably beat most people for most northward, being submariners; equally, I expect they probably can’t tell us about it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/34 "2007-06-08T22:34:18Z")
Fairbanks, AK 64°50"N New Orleans, LA 29°57 ---
**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/35 "2007-06-08T22:56:29Z")
Icelandic interior, around 64.50 North. Probably around 26.50 North as the most southernly I’ve ever been. Pathetic, I know. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/36 "2007-06-08T23:40:37Z")
Fairbanks, Alaska, 64 degrees north, Acapulco, Mexico, 16 degrees north. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/37 "2007-06-09T03:21:41Z")
North: Horn Island, Australia 9° S South: Invercargill, New Zealand 46°42’S ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/38 "2007-06-09T03:27:01Z")
North: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. South: Orlando, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/39 "2007-06-09T04:31:58Z")
So it looks like **alanak** is the most extreme for the north bracket. What were you doing up there anyway? What is it like? **Cryptoderk** wins in the south at 51. **Cryptoderk** wins the widest spread, at about 111 deg. too. I thought we might have some polar explores on board, but I guess the Dope skews intelligent. ---
**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 9, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/40 "2007-06-09T04:39:18Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] North: Horn Island, Australia 9° S South: Invercargill, New Zealand 46°42’S [/QUOTE] It looks like you have the record for “southernmost northern extreme”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271.md?page=3)