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Where is the furthest North, South, East and West you have ever been?

138 replies

Aaron95 · 14/04/2023 16:22

North - Norway
South - New Zealand
East - New Zealand
West - Costa Rica

I was quite surprised by two of my answers. A lot of countries aren't where I thought they were in relation to each other.

OP posts:
ohdannyboi · 14/04/2023 20:35

North -Scotland
East -turkey
South -Perth Australia
West -new York

rumnraisinrocks · 14/04/2023 20:39

North - Finland, above Arctic circle
South - Maldives
East - India (Goa)
West - New York

Goodoccasionallypoor · 14/04/2023 20:43

What a great question!

North: Finland
South: Peru
East: Laos
West: Canada

Phos · 14/04/2023 20:43

North - Kaaresuvanto, Finland
South - Montevideo, Uruguay
East - Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
West - Orlando, USA

MaknCheeese · 14/04/2023 20:45

North = Scotland
South = Kenya
East = Thailand
West = New York

Justanotherlurker · 14/04/2023 20:48

N - Iceland
E - Tokyo
S - Uraguay
W - San fran I suppose as I have used Tokyo as east, although could swap Tokyo for Taipia/South Korea and swap them over.

blackpearwhitelilies · 14/04/2023 20:51

North: Norway
South: Adelaide
East: Singapore
West: Vancouver

StillMedusa · 14/04/2023 20:54

North -Scotland/Canada
South- Australia
East- Australia
West- Hawaaii

meikyo · 14/04/2023 20:56

North Are, Sweden
South Hong Kong
East Hong Kong
West Vancouver

ClassicLib · 14/04/2023 21:00

North : St Petersburg
South : Cape Aghulas, the southern tip of Africa.
East : Tokyo
West : San Francisco

ArthnoldManacatsaman · 14/04/2023 21:01

North - Iceland
South - USA
East - Greece
West - Canada

This has been really interesting and prompted lots of checking about where everywhere is (annoyingly DH was right every time although even he was surprised how far south Greece goes)

Silkierabbit · 14/04/2023 21:03

North - Artic circle in Finnish Lapland
East - Australia, Port Stephens just above Sydney
West - Costa Rica Pacific Side
South - Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Spacie · 14/04/2023 21:04

North - Stockholm
East - also Stockhom
South - Malaga
West - Washington DC (which is not south of Malaga, I just checked)

desqel · 14/04/2023 21:24

North - Yllas, Finland
East - llagan, The Philippines
West - Tofino, Canada
South - Chamarel, Mauritius

British isles
North - Haroldswick, Unst
East - Lowestoft, Suffolk
South - Morning Point Battery, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
West- Waterville, Ireland

HuggingtheHRT · 14/04/2023 21:32

North: Reykjavik
South and East: Singapore
West: San Francisco

merryhouse · 14/04/2023 21:53

akuyreri, iceland
palma nova, majorca
berlin, germany
keflavik, iceland

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 14/04/2023 21:57

No it wouldn't? It's bang in the middle?

Depends where you're coming from; if you live on/near the International Date Line, then you could travel all the way to the furthest east point (form your starting point) and then be at the furthest west point with a step or two!!

Notjustabrunette · 14/04/2023 21:58

North - iceland
south - Australia
east -hong kong
west - Peru

merryhouse · 14/04/2023 21:59

queenofthebongo · 14/04/2023 18:05

North - Oslo, Norway
East - Napier, New Zealand
South - Bluff, New Zealand
West - Banff, Canada

I had to check on Google maps and was surprised at east and west!

What was the surprise? Where did you think was further?

@mdh2020 did you forget about going to Antarctica?!

Vickythevan63 · 14/04/2023 22:00

North = Scotland (but I did check whether Jasper, Canada, was further north!
South = New Zealand
East = Samoa
West = Hawaii

I need to venture further north some time!

queenofthebongo · 14/04/2023 22:52

merryhouse · 14/04/2023 21:59

What was the surprise? Where did you think was further?

@mdh2020 did you forget about going to Antarctica?!

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Just thought that maybe the coromandel was further east than Napier but forgot about the angle of NZ. Also didn’t realise how far west Banff was. I thought Peru was further over!

dizzydizzydizzy · 15/04/2023 00:00

North - Finland
East - japan
South - Ecuador
West - Ecuador

MrsAvocet · 15/04/2023 00:10

Not very exciting compared to some of you very well travelled Mumsnetters...
North - probably Ullapool
South - Chennai
East - Hong Kong
West - Toronto

ColdAsAWitchsTit · 15/04/2023 00:14

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 14/04/2023 21:57

No it wouldn't? It's bang in the middle?

Depends where you're coming from; if you live on/near the International Date Line, then you could travel all the way to the furthest east point (form your starting point) and then be at the furthest west point with a step or two!!

But that's the same as any point on the earth? Anywhere is the furthest east or west from somewhere on that basis? We're all in agreement on what's the most north or south so surely the dateline qualifies as the east/west delineation.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 15/04/2023 00:57

North: Yukon Territory
East: Toronto
South: Puerto Vallarta
West: If I cross the Pacific, then Philippines.