# What is the furthest north, south, east and west you've ever been? (By Longitude please.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653 "2026-03-21T13:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/182 "2026-03-27T04:04:22Z")
I missed the part about longitude. North: Grande Vallee, Quebec - 49° 13′ 34″ N latitude and 65° 7′ 30″ W longitude South: Key West, Florida - 24°33′55″ N latitude and 81°46′33″ W longitude East: Louisbourg, Nova Scotia - 45° 55′ 12″ N latitude and 59° 58′ 22″ W longitude West: Kerrville, Texas - 30° 02’ 28" N latitude and 99° 08’ 16" W longitude ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/183 "2026-03-27T08:52:47Z")
I cant seem to work ot latitude and longitude on my phone, through the Google maps app. N - Edinburgh, Scotland E - Flores, Indonesia W - Lisbon, Portugal S - Cape Agulhas, South Africa ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/184 "2026-03-27T12:08:57Z")
On my Android phone w the Google Maps app, if I press and hold on a spot, the pop-up from the bottom translates the location into a street address if possible; if not, it displays a lat/long. In either case, the input box at the top of the map is filled with the lat/long of the spot I pressed. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/185 "2026-03-27T13:55:24Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I cant seem to work ot latitude and longitude on my phone, through the Google maps app. I ran into the same issue. Googling presented two options: 1. Use the desktop version, and simply right-click on the location. 2. If using a mobile version, you have to drop a pin near the location you are interested in. Selecting the pin will give you the latitude and longitude. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/186 "2026-03-27T14:42:47Z")
North: Reykjavík, Iceland if standing in an airport for a couple of hours during refueling counts West: whatever the westernmost part of our Alaskan cruise was. Also counts for north if the airport doesn’t count. East: Kuwait City, Kuwait South: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/187 "2026-03-28T13:40:48Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > That’s what the guides said and looking at the map we did go there…but the weather was hurricane-level so we never made it ashore. We also got a bit farther south than my southermost landing at Neko Island. We went as far as an inlet at Petermann Island at -65.2 latitude. As usual we anchored then they sent a shore party out to reconnoiter. But once ashore the decided the waves and weather was too bad for us noobs. So they retreated back to the ship and we never debarked. So still about 1-1/2 degrees north of the Antarctic circle, but closer than my southernmost landfall. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/188 "2026-03-28T22:18:50Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > North: Oulu, Finland I had a coworker from Oulu. His name was Tero. It still is, I imagine. Okay, my farthest NSEW: **△ North** = ▲ _ **68.805** _, 16.547 @ Harstad, Tromsø County, Norway **△ South** = ▲ _ **5.0057** _, 119.7452 @ Tawi-Tawi, Philippines **△ East** = ▲ 7.1307, _ **125.6449** _ @ DVO airport, Davao, Philippines **△ West** = ▲ 64.507, _ **-165.446** _ @ OME airport, Nome Alaska I’d like to travel to south of the equator. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/189 "2026-03-29T00:33:49Z")
I went in 2015 I believe at the time there were a couple of cruises that crossed the Antarctic Circle each year at the end of the season when there was the least ice. My cruise wasn’t one, but we went further South than scheduled when overcast weather meant it would be too dark for the planned evening landinf so we went to the Lemaire Channel (Iceberg Alley) instead. Hence my 65 degree S. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/190 "2026-03-29T00:43:12Z")
North: Fairbanks, Alaska East: Lyon, France South: Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia West: Honolulu, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/191 "2026-03-29T14:48:05Z")
North: Stockholm, Sweden South: Grenada, in the South Caribbean West: San Francisco East: Harbin, China ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/192 "2026-03-30T00:14:20Z")
North: Reykjavik, Iceland (and our ship briefly crossed the arctic circle to get there) South: Antarctica East: Tokyo, Japan West: Glacier Bay, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/193 "2026-03-30T12:40:41Z")
North: Nordkapp (North Cape) Norway. Our cruise ship went a bit north of its 71°10’21" enroute to our port stop. East: Honningsvag, Norway - again, our ship went a bit east of the peninsula - so approx 26°23’ West: Vallejo, California - about 122°15’ South - Antarctic Peninsula - we got somewhere between 63° and 64° I think - also via cruise ship ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/194 "2026-04-02T23:31:58Z")
> [@robby](#): > > That’s the latitude (and it’s positive, i.e. north latitude). The longitude is -158° (158°W). Whoops - yes you are right of course. Correcting the record: N Longyearbyen, Svalbard +78 S Jindabyne NSW -36 E Brisbane QLD +153 W Dillingham Airfield, HI -158 I would have assumed Guam was my furthest east - I was surprised to find that the east coast of Australia is further east. Just shows how our mental world map can be distorted. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/195 "2026-04-03T00:12:20Z")
The Pacific ocean is very very big. And lacks landmarks. Easy to lose track of what’s where. ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/196 "2026-04-03T22:09:35Z")
Another perspective: by direction of travel, Hawaii (Diamond Head, Oahu) is actually my furthest _east_, with my furthest west being Muir Woods, California at -122. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/197 "2026-04-04T16:42:41Z")
For me: Westernmost: San Francisco Easternmost: Tokyo Southernmost: Buenos Aires Northernmost: St Petersburg Note that the antipodal point of Buenos Aires is somewhere between Beijing and Shanghai, both of which I’ve also visited, so in this sense I like to think of myself as having circumnavigated the world (though not on one journey - but then again, isn’t my entire life, including the trips back home, one journey?) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/198 "2026-04-04T18:03:05Z")
West: Honolulu South: Nassau, Bahamas East: Paris North: London, UK ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/199 "2026-04-09T19:17:44Z")
North and West: Seattle South: Puerto Vallarta East: Munich ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/200 "2026-04-15T16:35:03Z")
Munich is actually farther north than Seattle, if you can believe it. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/201 "2026-04-15T16:46:36Z")
Along this lines, I’ve read that the Pilgrims expected Massachusetts to have a climate similar to Spain, since they’re at about the same latitude. That’s one of the reasons they were woefully unprepared for the harsh Massachusetts winter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653.md?page=11)