# Your geographical extremes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/101 "2009-10-07T22:54:00Z")

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> [@caveman](#):
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> North: Boston, Massachusetts  
> South: Nassau Bahamas  
> West: El Paso, Texas  
> East: Boston, Massachusetts
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> Lowest: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico  
> Highest: Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

Carlsbad, NM has a altitude of 3295 feet. I’m gonna suggest your lowest elevation was Boston (again).

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**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/102 "2009-10-07T23:21:09Z")

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North: Inwood, U.S.A.  
South: Cape Bruny, Australia  
East: Suva, Fiji (longitudinally)/ Long Island Airport, NY, USA (relative)  
West: Nuku’alofa, Tonga/Geraldton, Australia

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**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/103 "2009-10-07T23:24:28Z")

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Deleted for a double post.

Addendum: Up/down - unknown, but not far from sea level. Ours is a coastal people.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-geographical-extremes/512055/104 "2009-10-08T03:34:31Z")

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Furthest north: Arlanda Airport, Arlanda, Sweden  
Furthest east (of Greenwich): Stadion tunnelbana station, Stockholm, Sweden  
Furthest west (of Greenwich): Desolation Sound, British Columbia  
Furthest south: San Diego, California

The furthest north I’ve ever been in this country is Thompson, Manitoba, although I don’t remember it real well.

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