# What's the furthest north, south, east and west you've been? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898 "2003-12-09T12:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/21 "2003-12-09T15:01:08Z")
North AND west - Fairbanks, Alaska South - Iquique, Chile East - Bangor, Maine ---
**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:** [December 9, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/22 "2003-12-09T15:04:09Z")
North – Maine, probably Kennebunkport East – Same South – Nassau, Bahamas West – Honolulu, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/23 "2003-12-09T15:05:14Z")
North : London - 51° 29’ N 0° 0’ W South : Sao Paulo, Brazil - 23° 33’ S 46° 38’ W East : Venice, Italy - 45° 25’ N 12° 20’ E West : Las Vegas - 36° 5’ N 115° 10’ W ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/24 "2003-12-09T15:08:25Z")
North: Chicago, IL South: some border town, Mexico East: some beach, Atlantic ocean West: Dallas, Texas ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/25 "2003-12-09T15:11:48Z")
**lieu** seems to be leading the race northwards with Point Barrow, which appears to be 71°20’N. That’s going to be hard to beat unless we have a Svabardian or a polar explorer on the boards. **phraser** has the record of furthest south with Invercargill, New Zealand at 46°24’S. I’m guessing though that someone’s been to Patagonia - we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/26 "2003-12-09T15:13:14Z")
Sticking to the major cities… North: Amsterdam, Holland South: Cape Town, South Africa East: Tokyo, Japan West: San Francisco, U.S.A. Haj ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/27 "2003-12-09T15:23:38Z")
Jumping back and forth WAS fun, but it took a long time on account of my anal-retentive nature and having to reset my watch with each hop… The actual dateline does deviate to the east a bit so that the entire Fijian island chain can be in the ‘same day’. I think it also jumps around a few other island chains as well. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/28 "2003-12-09T15:34:08Z")
I gotta get out more Born in Ohio Farthest North: Niagara Falls, Canada South: Daytona Beach Florida West: Utah East: Buffalo NY ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/29 "2003-12-09T15:50:31Z")
North & East-Moscow RU: 55:37:03N , 37:36:35E South-Tampa US: 27:56:25N , 82:31:34W West-Los Angeles US: 33:55:44N , 117:56:25W I thought Belfast would have been the higest north, but I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/30 "2003-12-09T16:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\ ***lieu** seems to be leading the race northwards with Point Barrow, which appears to be 71°20’N. That’s going to be hard to beat unless we have a Svabardian or a polar explorer on the boards. > > **phraser** has the record of furthest south with Invercargill, New Zealand at 46°24’S. I’m guessing though that someone’s been to Patagonia - we’ll see. \*\* I’ve been to Patagonia, but only as far south as Punta Tombo near Trelew. As Trelew is at about 43 degrees south it doesn’t beat Invercargill. However, in New Zealand I’ve been further south than Invercargill, to near the southern tip of Stewart Island. Since I’ve also been to Juneau, Alaska, at about 58 degrees north I think at least for now I can claim the greatest latitudinal spread, at about 105 degrees between furthest north and south. I have also been to Taveuni, Fiji, so I can tie with **pipper** on that one. The farthest westward I have traveled from my birthplace in New York is Perth, Australia. The farthest eastward is Nagpur, India. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/31 "2003-12-09T16:17:22Z")
Birthplace - Los Angeles. West: Arena Point, CA South: Ensenada, Mexico East: Vienna, Austria North: Hamburg, Germany ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/32 "2003-12-09T16:31:25Z")
I forgot about Australia being further south than Peru. Do you just add the two to get the latitudnal spread? Would Point Barrow’s 71n17 and Melbourne’s 37s49 give me a LS of 108.66? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/33 "2003-12-09T16:38:10Z")
The furthest south I’ve been is **Dunedin, New Zealand**. Charming place. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/34 "2003-12-09T16:56:47Z")
North: Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland (near Bushmills, 55n12) South: Key West, Florida, 24n33 East: Positano, Italy, 14e29 West: New Orleans, 90w05 I’ve also stood at ground zero as far as the prime meridian is concerned (Greenwich). ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/35 "2003-12-09T17:18:31Z")
I was born in Salmon Arm BC Canada. North: Ketchikan Alaska South: Los Angeles East: London England West: Ucluelet BC MtM ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/36 "2003-12-09T17:25:25Z")
Oh, this is indeed pathetic. I need to travel more, dammit. North: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. South: Nags Head, North Carolina. East: New York City, New York. West: Chicago, Illinois And until a few weeks ago I had never been farther west than somewhere in western PA. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/37 "2003-12-09T17:38:31Z")
North: Denali, Alaska South: Johannsburg, RSA East: Somewhere in Italy West: Hong Kong ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/38 "2003-12-09T17:39:04Z")
Mine’s pathetic: West- Right here in San Francisco East- Las Vegas South-Tijuana North- Reno Mine’s really, really pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/39 "2003-12-09T17:43:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*I forgot about Australia being further south than Peru. \*\* That’s pretty hard to forget.😉 > [@](#): > > **Do you just add the two to get the latitudnal spread?** Yep, as long as they are either side of the equator. > [@](#): > > \*\*Would Point Barrow’s 71n17 and Melbourne’s 37s49 give me a LS of 108.66? \*\* No - it would give you an LS of 109°06’, which is even better.😉 BTW, what were you doing in Point Barrow? ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/40 "2003-12-09T17:46:13Z")
Okay, some of this is pathetic, but I’m still young. North- London, England 51 N East- Lucerne- 8 E West- Hot Springs, AR 93 W South- St. John 18 N -Lil [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=3)