# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/122 "2026-03-21T22:07:56Z")
North: Small lake in Ivvavik National Park (69.3N). Was supposed to land at Herschel Island that day, but the bay was iced over. South: Melbourne, Victoria (37.8S) East: Manly Beach, NSW (151.3E) West: Hale’iwa, HI (158.1W) Using the “traveled west to get there” standard: Seoul, South Korea And for “traveled east to get there”: Luxor, Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/123 "2026-03-21T22:23:09Z")
East Tokyo West Oahu South Colombo Sri Lanka North Copenhagen ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/124 "2026-03-21T22:25:12Z")
North: Oulu, Finland South: St. Lucia East: Tel Aviv West: Xi’an, China ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/125 "2026-03-21T22:45:29Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But this is turning into something of a hijack so I’m done with it. That ship sailed, both east and west, a long time ago ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/126 "2026-03-21T22:46:05Z")
I was wrong: the farthest north I’ve been is Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, 47°01′N. Let me have a do-over: Farthest north: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, 47°01′N Farthest south: Shah Alam, Malaysia 03°04′ N Farthest east: Narita Airport, Japan 140°23′E Farthest west: Pacifica, California 122°30′W ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/127 "2026-03-21T22:51:42Z")
North: Finstown, Orkney 59.007°N South and East: Point Au Sel, Seychelles 4.733°S, 55.527°E West: Fuerteventura 14.0°W ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/128 "2026-03-21T23:26:44Z")
North: Nordkapp, Norway (71.17° N)- the northernmost place on the European continent. South: Miami, Florida (25.76° N). East: the eastern edge of the Golan Heights, Israel (35.75°E). West: Seattle, Washington (122.33° W). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/129 "2026-03-21T23:32:50Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > If the standard for east and west is positive and negative longitudes, extreme east and extreme west could be inside the same building in Greenwich, England. Only if that’s the only place you’ve ever been. If you’ve ever been anywhere else at all, then that other place would be further east or west. Greenwich is the least east or west you can get, not the most. > [@Eureka](#): > > Otherwise, The 49th Parallel, where Glacier National Park turns into some Canadian National Park. Glacier National Park. > [@wolfpup](#): > > Your description of Monterey, California as “west” and Tokyo as “east” is correct, but why on earth would you pick 180° longitude as the dividing line? There must be two dividing lines between east and west. The usual standard is that one of them runs through England, and the other through the Pacific. > [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > It seems more sensible to me than saying the far east or far west starts in the middle of London. Which is why nobody at all says that. Oh, and > [@Chronos](#): > > North: Somewhere in Ireland. Probably Knock, or so? > South: Matamoros, Mexico > East: The coast of Maine > West: Somewhere in Washington State, near Seattle I’m not sure what I was thinking, saying Maine. Obviously Ireland was my furthest east, too (though probably a slightly different spot in Ireland-- Maybe somewhere on the M8?). ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/130 "2026-03-22T12:53:31Z")
Now that I’ve checked, it seems that the bit we went to was west of Malaig. I was looking at the wrong bit (the bit that is east of Malaig !) .. but we would have gone on the ferry from Malaig to Armadale on Skye. We didn’t go far into Skye, just hung around the beach area next to the ferry port ! So.. the furthest north **and** west I’ve been is Armadale on Skye. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/131 "2026-03-22T13:42:17Z")
North: Moscow, Russia (55.75° N). South: Ushuaia, Argentina (54.80° s). East: Tokyo, Japan (139.65°E). West: Honolulu, Hawaii (157.92° W). ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/132 "2026-03-22T18:49:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > But this is turning into something of a hijack so I’m done with it. > > Ditto. Is there maybe any interest in continuing this in a side topic? [Where do East & West start and end, anyway? (Prime Meridian, antimeridian, and the International Date Line)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-east-west-start-and-end-anyway-prime-meridian-antimeridian-and-the-international-date-line/1028690) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/133 "2026-03-22T19:50:17Z")
North: Little Gold Creek, Yukon (on the Alaska border) South: Cochabamba Bolivia East: Tokyo, Japan West: Vancouver Island, BC ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/134 "2026-03-22T20:53:20Z")
North: Eagle River, AK South: Honolulu West: Honolulu East: Washington DC I’m not entirely sure about North. I was 13 the first time I went to Eagle River, and my family stayed with my aunt and uncle for two weeks. At one point, we took a two-day trip to do some fishing, several hours away from Eagle River. I’m pretty sure we went north to get there, but my memory is pretty hazy. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/135 "2026-03-22T22:35:58Z")
North: Anchorage: 61° N South: Melbourne: 38° S East: Sydney: 151° E West: Honolulu: 158° W ---
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North: Stykkishólmur, Iceland - 65° South: Te Anau, NZ - 45° East: Rotorua, NZ - 176° West: Eureka, CA - 124° ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/137 "2026-03-23T00:16:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@Eureka](#): > > > > Otherwise, The 49th Parallel, where Glacier National Park turns into some Canadian National Park. > > Glacier National Park. Waterton Lakes National Park. I don’t like saying that 180 is both my farthest west and my farthest east. That makes it sound like I’ve gone all the way around the world, and ignores the gap between the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Thailand where I’ve never traveled. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/138 "2026-03-23T00:41:58Z")
North: Bellingham, WA South: US-Mexico border, San Diego, CA West: Astoria, OR East: Cleveland, OH ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/139 "2026-03-23T11:20:48Z")
Thank you. I don’t know why I couldn’t be bothered to look it up, given the amount of time wasted trying to figure out which National Park is furthest west of the ones in Southern Utah (plus the Grand Canyon), wasted especially because I later remembered having been to California. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-ever-been-by-longitude-please/1028653/140 "2026-03-23T12:40:04Z")
North: Arbroath, Scotland – 56.561 degrees north South: Aruba – 12.5 degrees North East: Naples, Italy – 14 degrees East. Actually, Mt. Vesuvius at 14.25 degrees east and Pompeii at 14.29 degrees East West: Seattle, WA 122 degrees West or San Francisco CA at 122.24 West. I really haven’t traveled as much as I’d like to. ---
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I think it would be: South: Oban, New Zealand North: Joensuu, Finland (have also been to Oban in Scotland.. ) East: Napier, New Zealand West: Somewhere in Costa Rica. [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=6) [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=8)