# Your geographical extremes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055 "2009-09-30T01:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/61 "2009-10-01T21:24:11Z")
Northernmost: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Southernmost: Johannesburg, SA Easternmost: where does east meet west? I’ve been to Vietnam and Japan, also to Istanbul Turkey and Egypt (do they qualify as east?) Westernmost: I suppose Adak, AK since it approaches the International Dateline ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/62 "2009-10-01T22:23:05Z")
I’m measuring E & W from my place of birth, New York, NY. North: London, England South: Aruba, N.A. East: Cairo, Egypt West: Los Angeles, CA Highest: Mexico City, Mexico (possibly–I don’t think I’ve been anywhere else notable for altitude) Lowest: Sea level, various places. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/63 "2009-10-02T07:12:22Z")
North - Jasper, British Columbia South - The Apostles, south coast of Australia East - Just over the line to the east of the prime meridian outside of London, England West - Just over the line to the west of the prime meridian. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/64 "2009-10-02T08:16:31Z")
North: Minneapolis, Minnesota South: Atlanta, Georgia West: Santa Monica, California East: Burlington, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/65 "2009-10-02T08:36:33Z")
North: Narvik, Norway South: Sharm el Sheik, Egypt (avid SCUBA diver, okay? :P) East: St Petersburg, Russia West: Seattle, Wa Lowest: Dead Sea, Israel Highest: Unknown, but probably some fjord in Norway ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/66 "2009-10-02T10:48:30Z")
> [@sunstone](#): > > East - Just over the line to the east of the prime meridian outside of London, England > West - Just over the line to the west of the prime meridian. 😕 Aren’t those, by definition, the _least far_ east and west you’ve been? And 😕 number 2, **kombatminipig** , aren’t fjords at, um, sea level? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/67 "2009-10-02T12:49:25Z")
North: Amsterdam, Netherlands South: Gatun Lake, Panama East: Rome, Italy West: Ventura, California Highest: Mexico City Lowest: Death Valley ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/68 "2009-10-02T13:35:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Easternmost: where does east meet west? I’ve been to Vietnam and Japan, also to Istanbul Turkey and Egypt (do they qualify as east?) Measure from your home. For me, living in Chicago, I travel east to anyplace between Chicago and India and west to anyplace between Chicago and China. Of course, if you’ve been around the world, then the previous no longer applies and you no longer have personal east-west extremes. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/69 "2009-10-02T13:45:40Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Measure from your home. So, is “home” where you live now or where you were born? > [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Of course, if you’ve been around the world, then the previous no longer applies and you no longer have personal east-west extremes. OK, I have been around the world, though my journey around the world took about 40 years, and included crossing the Pacific back and forth more than a dozen times. (It started when I left London in 1961, and ended when I first crossed the Atlantic and arrived in London in 2004). ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/70 "2009-10-03T00:01:22Z")
North: Sapporo, Japan South: Bali, Indonesia West: Jaisalmer, India East: Long Island, NY Highest: Kala Patar, Nepal 18,000’+ Lowest: Bad Water, Death Valley, CA ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/71 "2009-10-03T00:57:39Z")
North: Whitehorse South & West: Honolulu East: Dubai Highest: Logan Pass Lowest: Badwater ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/72 "2009-10-03T05:58:29Z")
North: Within a loud shout of the North Pole - Under the ice. South: Diego Garcia. East: New London, CT. West: Bahrain - Might also count as furthest east, but I came to it from the West. Deepest (not counting ‘test depth’): Death Valley. Highest: Pike’s Peak. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/73 "2009-10-06T17:36:44Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > North: Within a loud shout of the North Pole - Under the ice. > South: Diego Garcia. > East: New London, CT. > West: Bahrain - Might also count as furthest east, but I came to it from the West. > > Deepest (not counting ‘test depth’): Death Valley. > Highest: Pike’s Peak. **Tranquilis** , a co-worker of mine did make it to the North Pole via a craft such as yours. Punched through and walked around along with the other crew members or so for an hour or so. Left a message in a bottle (20 years ago–no response yet). I concede my “northern-most” standing to you, since it wasn’t commercial. For that matter, since you came “west” to Diego Garcia, I would presume you’ve crossed the Int’l Date Line which more or less is as “east” & “west” as they get. And I bet your depth would exceed everyone else’s, but you can’t talk about it. About the only way a Doper could beat that is a deep sea submersible, or a trip to a gold mine in South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/74 "2009-10-06T19:44:54Z")
I’m envious of your co-worker. We had places to go and things to do, so could only wave (metaphorically-speaking) at the Geo. N. Pole as we went steaming past. Fact is, we never got a chance to test the ‘under ice’ position on the fairwater planes except after coming out of the yard; always too busy doing other things. I suppose the Int’l. Date Line does pretty much define things, from a global perspective. I tend to think in the frame of reference of the US West Coast, but that still makes Bahrain some 192 or 193 degrees around the globe from where I started. Not a circumnavigation, but not bad. There are a few other submariners on the board; saturation divers and South African miners do seem likely to be the only ones likely gang any deeper than us bubbleheads. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/75 "2009-10-06T20:15:59Z")
Northernmost: Stockholm, Sweden at 59 17 north Southernmost: Adelaide, South Australia 34 55 south West: By longitude, Honolulu, Hawaii 157 50 west By distance traveled westward: Xian, China 108 55 east East: By longitude and distance traveled, Sefat, Israel 35 29 east Highest: Breckenridge, Colorado, and nearby, about 10,000 feet Lowest: Dead Sea, Israel ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/76 "2009-10-06T20:29:33Z")
North: Copenhagen, Denmark. (Actually I might have been further north, but I forget the name of the other town I visited). East: Fiji (179 degrees east, according to Wikipedia) South: Wherever they have the airport in New Zealand. Alternately, if just landing at an airport and taking off again doesn’t count, Fiji again (18 south) West: Honolulu (again, airport, else Portland, OR) Low: Dead Sea High: No earthly idea. I’ve been up to high altitudes in Tanzania, India, and bits of the States, but never really done any mountain climbing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/77 "2009-10-06T20:32:27Z")
North: Anchorage South: Maui Been around the world so N/A on 3 and 4 West by distance traveled from home: Hong Kong East by distance traveled from home: Moscow Highest: Somewhere in the Colorado Rockies (RMNP, maybe) Lowest: A cave in Bermuda (I think it’s below sea level), otherwise sea level ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/78 "2009-10-06T22:36:39Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > I’m envious of your co-worker. We had places to go and things to do, so could only wave (metaphorically-speaking) at the Geo. N. Pole as we went steaming past. Fact is, we never got a chance to test the ‘under ice’ position on the fairwater planes except after coming out of the yard; always too busy doing other things. When I was on the ice pack, I thought I was one of the crew designated to go to Pole to meet a sub which would punch through. Turns out the mission deputy mislead me. However, while clear and calm at our site, the weather at the pole forced an abort; they never did rendezvous with the sub. My friend, also underwent the _Order of the Blue Nose._ Since he was a ‘civvie’, he didn’t have to participate; but he went ahead because, hey, you get a cool certificate. They smeared some sort of paste/grease which required gobs of hot water to remove, which coincidentally wasn’t “working” at the end of the ceremony. He said it was awful, but it was worth going to get to the pole with some respect. Unfortunately, the whateverthatstuffis was so foul as to required surfacing to suck in some new air while on patrol. I’ve often wondered how affected the sealth aspect of the mission. But I’m pretty sure they were never allowed to use that particular odor ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/79 "2009-10-06T22:51:10Z")
No east and west, since I went all the way around twice. Tahiti and Hawaii are the nominal land stops. North is Iceland, south is Argentina and Cape Town South Africa (CCape Agulhas, actually, where the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans meet) Highest would be Mt. Kilimanjaro and lowest Death Valley ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/80 "2009-10-06T23:33:14Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > My friend, also underwent the _Order of the Blue Nose._ Since he was a ‘civvie’, he didn’t have to participate; but he went ahead because, hey, you get a cool certificate. They smeared some sort of paste/grease which required gobs of hot water to remove, which coincidentally wasn’t “working” at the end of the ceremony. Bummer about missing your chance. The various ‘Crossing the Line’ ceremonies can be a bit gnarly. Shellback, Golden Dragon, Blue Nose… All involved events that will test your gag reflex. Just missed a chance at Golden Shellback (0’ 00" - 180’ 00"). _shrug_ Oh, well. ETA: My handle comes from my Shellback initiation - I’m a Spiny Shellback from the Sea of Tranquility. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055.md?page=5)