# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/61 "2007-06-10T15:41:40Z")
I’ve only been in the northern hemisphere. Furthest north: Reykjavik, Iceland, 64°08’ N Furthest south: Singapore. 1°17′N ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/62 "2007-06-10T16:05:14Z")
-sorry ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/63 "2007-06-10T16:55:51Z")
North: The Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland South: San Diego, California ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/64 "2007-06-10T18:24:34Z")
54 degrees north in Prince George, B.C. Canada (by train from Boston in July 1968) 18 degrees north in Puerto Rico (by US Navy Destroyer USS Miller (DD 535) from Boston in January 1964) ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/65 "2007-06-10T20:17:35Z")
Furthest north with ground beneath my feet was at Sjuøyane at Svalbard 80°50 north, but I have been beyond 81° up to the edge of the polar ice too. I remember on one night watch on that trip the chief mate suddenly asked me to look after the rudder when he went down to get some more coffee, and told me not to steer into too many of the larger icefloats :eek: Furthest south would be Jervis Bay south of Sydney at 35°05 south. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/66 "2007-06-10T20:47:53Z")
Furthest north: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada : 48.20N 89.15W Furthest south: Marrakech, Morocco: 31.09N 08.0W No wait. I think Costa Rica is farther south. San Jose, Costa Rica: 9º 56’ N, 84º 05’ W. Dad had me beat. He stood inside the Arctic Circle, and spend months on the Antarctic continent. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/67 "2007-06-10T21:12:59Z")
If “I drove through on the way to…” counts, then: Beavermouth, BC - 51º 30’ N Clinton NZ - 46º 12’ S (I did, however, get out of the car and take a picture) If I actually had to stay any length of time there: Banff, AB - 51º 10’ N Dunedin NZ - 45º 52’ S ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/68 "2007-06-11T04:23:45Z")
Vancouver, BC 49 N Sydney, Australia 33 S ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/69 "2007-06-11T11:22:28Z")
Furthest North: Cambridge, UK Furthest South: Stirling Point (Just south of Bluff), NZ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/70 "2007-06-11T11:36:37Z")
No numbers, but farthest north was either Belfast or Göttingen (Germany). Southmost, Zárate in Argentina. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271/71 "2007-06-11T12:32:13Z")
North- Whitefish, MT 48.4 N South- Tampa, FL 28.0 N [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-extreme-latitudes-youve-experienced/407271.md?page=3)