# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/81 "2003-12-10T14:59:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Inuvik is the furthest north I’ve been, it’s further north than both Tuk and Iqaluit, although I never think of it that way. \*\* According to my googling, Inuvik is at 68°21’, whereas Tuk (I feel like a local now;)) is at 69°26’. Obviously, I have never been next nor near any of these places but I’m starting to get itchy feet. Of course, I value my marriage so I’ll probably never get there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/82 "2003-12-10T15:10:00Z")
**manwithaplan** , let me amend my southern slightly to Apollo Bay’s 38s45, a sleepy little Great Ocean Road town between Melbourne and the 12 Disciples that’s slightly south of both. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \*(there are: Point Barrow, Point Lay, Point Hope, tons of White Alice and Dewpoint sites all along that area, to tell the truth, I’ve forgotten which were where as far as north/east/west). We’d take our choppers several miles north of Spy Island’s Dewpoint and land on the pack ice, always wondering how closely we were being tracked. I wasn’t familiar with “White Alice” though until googling after your post. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/83 "2003-12-10T15:42:22Z")
From Houston, TX North = Vancouver, BC South = Sydney, Australia West = Singapore East = Several spots on Eastern Seaboard of USA. Haven’t made it to Europe yet. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/84 "2003-12-10T16:48:02Z")
**lieu** , just to nitpick (apologies) They are called the Twelve Apostles, not the Twelve Disciples 😉 And a stunning piece of scenery they are, too. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/85 "2003-12-10T17:27:06Z")
Thanks **phraser** as that wasn’t a nitpick but a much needed correction. Appreciate that and yeah, they’re [pretty](http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/highlights/apostles/) awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Insecta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@Insecta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Insecta)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/86 "2003-12-10T18:22:48Z")
North: St. Andrews, Scotland South: Whakapapa, New Zealand East: Rotorua, New Zealand West: Guayaquil City, Ecuador …and to add an extra dimension… Highest: Around 4100m (On a bus! Crossing the Andes from Quito to the Amazon.) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/87 "2003-12-10T19:39:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*In fact, as far as I can work out, the only permanent settlement north of Point Barrow would be on Svalbard, Norway. Obviously people may have journeyed to the far northern Canadian islands or northern Greenland but there’s bugger all people living there. \*\* Alert, Nunavut: Geographic Coordinates: 82.497° N Not too many people, but as of this moment in time a ‘permanent’ settlement. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/88 "2003-12-10T19:48:02Z")
I was wondering who would bring up height. I’ve never been out of the continental US. North: Fargo, North Dakota South: Dallas, Texas West: San Fransciso, California East: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sigh. Though I do have aspirations of visiting Australia… anyone want to sponsor a trip? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/89 "2003-12-11T00:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*According to my googling, Inuvik is at 68°21’, whereas Tuk (I feel like a local now;)) is at 69°26’. Obviously, I have never been next nor near any of these places but I’m starting to get itchy feet. Of course, I value my marriage so I’ll probably never get there. \*\* Inuvik is as far north as the road goes. In the winter months (late December through April) the frozen Mackenzie river is plowed to create a seasonal ice road up to Tuk. The drive takes about 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/90 "2003-12-11T00:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Insecta \* > \*\*North: St. Andrews, Scotland > South: Whakapapa, New Zealand > East: Rotorua, New Zealand > West: Guayaquil City, Ecuador > > …and to add an extra dimension… > > Highest: Around 4100m (On a bus! Crossing the Andes from Quito to the Amazon.) \*\* If we’re going to get into elevations, highest: 3954m, at the summit of Mt. Robson lowest: 116m, on a mixed-gas SCUBA dive. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/91 "2003-12-11T01:15:12Z")
North _and_ East: Ebeemee Lake ME (45:41N, 69:10W) South: Naples FL (26:09N, 81:44W) West: Houston TX (29:45N, 95:22W) Minneapois MN (45:00N, 93:11W) gets very narrowly beaten out by Ebeemee Lake and Houston. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/92 "2003-12-11T01:18:19Z")
Oh, but I have aspirations to visit Melbourne, Australia in 2006. (crosses fingers) ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/93 "2003-12-11T01:20:18Z")
North: London, 51n30 (I think I’ve been to Aberdeen, Scotland 57n10 as a baby) South: Bluff, NZ 46s06 ( **Colibri** still beats me) East: Gisborne, NZ: 178e01 West: Los Angeles, 118w15 ---
**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/94 "2003-12-11T02:01:20Z")
North: Seattle, WA South: McMurdo Base, Antarctica East: Christchurch, New Zealand West: San Francisco, CA ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/95 "2003-12-11T02:18:13Z")
North: Hell, Norway South: near Fredericksted, St. Croix East: east shore of lake Baikal West: Ruby Beach in Olympia NP, WA I’ve also been within 10 feet of the very easternmost point of land belonging to the US (excluding east becomes west in the Pacific)–on St. Croix…the US begins in the east as a prominence of razor sharp layers of vertical rock. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/96 "2003-12-11T03:26:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*According to my googling, Inuvik is at 68°21’, whereas Tuk (I feel like a local now;)) is at 69°26’. Obviously, I have never been next nor near any of these places but I’m starting to get itchy feet. Of course, I value my marriage so I’ll probably never get there. \*\* Take the wife! There’s plenty of … well. Perhaps Inuvik isn’t much of a tourist destination, unless you’re made of money and want to drive a dogsled. Or drink. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/97 "2003-12-11T03:49:35Z")
North-Reykjavik, Iceland South-Cancun, Mexico East-Munich, Germany West-SF, California. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/98 "2003-12-11T03:59:37Z")
North: Reykjavik 64‹ 8’ N 21‹ 56’ E South: Saipan, about 8‹N East: Inubousaki, Japan (start from Tokyo and head due east until you get to the furthest little point of land there is) West: Honolulu AP 21‹ 20’ N 157‹ 55’ W I’ve also been to Anchorage, which just fell short of qualifying for north _and_ west. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/99 "2003-12-11T05:11:06Z")
Juneau, AK - 58:22N Auckland, NZ - 36:51S Nadi, Fiji - 177:25E Lihue, Kauai - 161:41W (and actually a bit more west on the island, but I can’t locate coordinates) Gotta work on my south! And to think that I’ve been to Australia, Brazil, Tahiti - they all seemed south with a capital S. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/100 "2003-12-11T05:12:08Z")
South: Oranjestad, Aruba (12º33N, 70º04W) North: Moncton, New Brunswick (46º07N, 64º47W) East: Bridgetown, Barbados (12º59N, 59º30W) (This will change in 5 weeks though–I’m going to Rome with a school group) West: Honolulu, Hawaii (21º22N, 158º00W) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=6)