# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/81 "2009-10-06T23:56:47Z")
Damn my answers are dull compared to almost everyone else’s, but here goes: North - Anchorage South - Orlando West - Anchorage East - Philadelphia Highest - Pike’s Peak, Colorado (4301 meters) (14110 ft) Lowest - Daytona Beach, Florida ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/82 "2009-10-07T01:23:08Z")
hmm tough one i am just going by guessing because i dont have a map with me… North: Paris South: Tijuana East: Pisa? or Rome? West: San Fran. I live in Sacramento ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/83 "2009-10-07T01:31:50Z")
I’ve been in every state in the union, except Alaska. Although I did go to Vancouver Canada, so that’s the northmost. Key West Florida and the bottom tip of Texas are the bottoms, I forget which is lower latitude. Death Valley, and whichever is tallest, Pike’s Peak or Denver. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/84 "2009-10-07T01:47:29Z")
North: Koln (Cologne), Germany South: Orlando, Florida, US East: Salzburg, Austria West: San Francisco, CA, US Highest: Loveland Pass in the Colorado Rockies, 11,990 ft. Lowest: Sea level, Atlantic or Pacific ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/85 "2009-10-07T02:19:22Z")
North: near Nairn, Scotland (57°35’N) East: Paris, France (2°20’E)…and apparently the Louvre is about as far east as I went South: Tampa, FL (27°51’N) West: Pacifica, CA (122°29’W) Highest: Eisenhower Tunnel, CO (11,158 feet) Lowest: well, apparently the Channel Tunnel does not count so I am at a loss. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/86 "2009-10-07T07:21:15Z")
North: Iceland South: Perth, Western Australia East: Japan West: Seattle, USA Up: Hmmm… Somewhere in the Alps, I think. Down: The shore of the Dead Sea. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/87 "2009-10-07T10:21:11Z")
North is easy. Berlin South is a little harder. Either Bali or Tanzania, the national park in Tanzani is a really close call to Bali. The east and west is harder. In the Continental US, I’ve been as far west as San Francisco and as far east as NYC. Also been to Hawaii. In Europe and Africa, I’ve been as far west as London and as far east as Tanzania. However, I had to go west from Japan to get there. Which direction does that count? West? I’ve also gone to Europe via the States, so would that be east? Assuming that a layover in UEA doesn’t count, there is a gap between Tanzania and northern Thailand which I haven’t been to. I’ll give up about now and just say a lot of places. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/88 "2009-10-07T11:27:41Z")
North: Saint Petersburg, Russia (60º 00’ 29’’ N) - this was last Friday, and I unknowingly at the time made it above 60 N for about 45 minutes, according to my GPS datalogger. South: Maui, Hawaii (20º 42’ N) East: Beijing, China (116º 25’ E) West: Honolulu, Hawaii (157º 56’ W) Lowest: either sea level or maybe Amsterdam Schiphol. Highest: probably Huanglong, Sichuan, China (~11,800 feet), followed closely by some mountain pass on Rt. 40 in Colorado. I really need to get into the southern hemisphere, so maybe Brazil next year. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/89 "2009-10-07T12:16:54Z")
From Greenwich: Furthest north: John O’Groats, Scotland Furthest west: Raratonga, Cook Islands Furthest south: Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand Furthest east: Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand Deepest: Channel Tunnel, England/France, ~100 m (328 ft) below sea level Highest: Transhimalaya, Tibet, minimum 5,600 m (18,372 ft) above sea level, though at one point on the journey we measured 6,200 m (20,341 ft) on an altimeter. ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/90 "2009-10-07T12:32:28Z")
North: Durness, Scotland. South: Marmaris, Turkey East: Beijing, China West: Isle of Skye, Scotland Highest/lowest: not a clue! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/91 "2009-10-07T13:24:48Z")
Furthest north: Dusseldorf, Germany. 51°13’32.00"N, 6°46’58.00"E Furthest west: Santiag de Chile, Chile. 33°26’16.20"S, 70°39’1.20"W Furthest south: Punta del Este, Uruguay. 34°58’25.30"S, 54°57’5.30"W Furthest east: Hong Kong. 22°16’42.24"N, 114°11’4.94"E Deepest: Off the coast of Koh Tachai island in the Andaman Sea, -37m. 9° 3’59.36"N, 97°49’7.65"E. Highest: Doi Inthanon mountain, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2565m, 18°35’31.50"N, 98°29’13.06"E. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/92 "2009-10-07T15:35:59Z")
North: Somewhere in the Barents Sea, North of Norway South: Port Gentil, Gabon West: San Francisco East: Sakhalin Island, Eastern Russia Highest: Sonora Pass, Lowest: Death Valley ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/93 "2009-10-07T16:10:34Z")
Sorry, I don’t know how to make the degree thingie. NORTH: London, England, UK - 51-30-28 N SOUTH: Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 18-25 N EAST: Seoul, South Korea - 126-59-0 E\* WEST: San Francisco, California, USA 122-25-9-12 W \*I flew west to get there, but since it’s considered the Far East… HIGHEST: Total guess here, but I’d say somewhere in the general area of Yosemite National Park, around 6,000 feet (maybe?). LOWEST: 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 7, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/94 "2009-10-07T17:56:24Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Sorry, I don’t know how to make the degree thingie. Hold down the \ key and type in 248 and then let up on the \ key. Instant “°” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/95 "2009-10-07T18:45:23Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Hold down the \ key and type in 248 and then let up on the \ key. > Instant “°” Or you could just find one earlier in the thread, highlight it, then copy-and-paste. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/96 "2009-10-07T18:50:21Z")
North: Niagara Falls, ON South: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil East: Also Rio West: South Lake Tahoe, CA Pretty pedestrian. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/97 "2009-10-07T19:07:14Z")
North: Seattle, Washington South: Sydney, Australia West: Honolulu, HI (going by longitude) / Songtan, Korea (relative) East: Sydney, Australia (going by longitude) / Birmingham, Alabama Highest: Eisenhower Tunnel, Co (11013) Lowest: Death Valley, NV (-282) Thanks, that was fun trying to figure out the differences and figure out the winner. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/98 "2009-10-07T19:08:49Z")
North: Jasper, Alberta, CA South: Te Anu, NZ East: Berlin, Germany West: Pokarah, Nepal High: Thorong La, Nepal, 17,800’ Low: Sea Level ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/99 "2009-10-07T22:03:19Z")
North: Boston, Massachusetts South: Nassau Bahamas West: El Paso, Texas East: Boston, Massachusetts Lowest: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico Highest: Guadalupe Mountains, Texas ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/100 "2009-10-07T22:20:07Z")
North: Vancouver, WA, 45.67 N South: Anaheim, CA, 33.49 N East: either Evanston, WY, 110.97 W or Taegu, Korea, 128.59 E West: Port Orford, OR, 124.49 W Up: Donner Pass, CA, 7085 Feet Down: Pacific Coast, US, sea level [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055.md?page=6)