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Where's the furthest you've been north, south, east and west?

191 replies

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 27/10/2024 10:17

In the UK:
North: Gleneagles
South: Lizard
East: Great Yarmouth
West: Giant's Causeway

Globally:
North: Helsinki
South: Johannesburg
East: Shanghai
West: Las Vegas

OP posts:
BrieHugger · 27/10/2024 10:24

St Petersburg
Melbourne
Sydney
Tulum

Thengetup · 27/10/2024 10:31

Lake District (!)
Melbourne
Tonga
Vancouver

LoobyDoop2 · 27/10/2024 10:32

North: Edinburgh
South: Mauritius
East: India
West: Dominican Republic

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 27/10/2024 10:35

In the U.K.

North: Inverness
East: Lowestoft
South and West: Exeter

MrsAvocet · 27/10/2024 10:35

North - Ullapool
South - Chennai
East - Hong Kong
West - Toronto

woodlandtrees · 27/10/2024 10:36

Edinburgh
Horbart Tasmania
Indonesia
San Francisco

Dandeliontea123 · 27/10/2024 10:39

North: Lerwick
South: Sydney
East: Brisbane
West: Vancouver

HiccupHorrendousHaddock · 27/10/2024 10:40

North - Arctic Circle
South - Tropic of Cancer
East - not very! Probably Cyprus
West - Hawaii

Gothamcity · 27/10/2024 10:41

Uk... Edinburgh
Dover
Lizard point
Castletown baerhaven (Ireland)

Globally... Edinburgh!
Thailand (Soon to be Sydney)
Probably Mexico although this is also west?
Texas

TheBelleOfBelfastCity · 27/10/2024 10:42

North - St. Andrews
South - Malaga
East - Los Angeles
West - Verona

I need to travel more!!

TeenToTwenties · 27/10/2024 10:43

North: North Cape Norway, midnight sun
South: J'burg South Africa
West: Vancouver Island, Canada
East: Almaty Kazakhstan.

Catname · 27/10/2024 10:44

St Petersburg
Sossusvlei Sydney (oops, didn’t do well at Geography 🤭)
Brisbane
San Francisco

Seeline · 27/10/2024 10:44

N Iceland
S Sydney
W Spain (Canaries)
E Brisbane

BeMintBee · 27/10/2024 10:45

Iceland (north)
florida (west)
Adelaide (south)
sydney (east)

Shezlong · 27/10/2024 10:45

North - Lapland
south - Perth
East - Hong Kong
West - Lima

StepCombatAttack · 27/10/2024 10:47

North Svalbard
South Cape Horn
East Hong Kong
West Alaska

Musicaltheatremum · 27/10/2024 10:48

UK
John o groats
North Devon
Norfolk
Ardnamurcan peninsula (actually going further out on this peninsula next weekend)

Globally
N. Banff in Canada
S South Africa
East Thailand
West Vancouver

Cheepcheepcheep · 27/10/2024 10:48

UK:
Aberdeen
Land’s End
Swansea
Lowestoft

Globally:
Aberdeen
Koh Lanta
San Francisco
Koh Lanta

(eta - all N/S/W/E - mixed up my orders in original post!)

TulipTuesday · 27/10/2024 10:49

I’ve not left the UK so,

Furthest North and furthest West: Oban
Furthest East: Great Yarmouth
Furthest South: Taunton

Overwhelmedisanunderstatement · 27/10/2024 10:49

Well that was fun looking at maps working out of the west coast of North America is further west than the west coast of South America, or Norway Vs Iceland etc! Good thread OP!

North - Kirkjufell in Iceland
South - Adelaide
West - California
East - Sydney

Edited to include UK points after seeing the thread

North - Inverness
South - lizard point
East - Great Yarmouth
West - either St Davids in Wales or Cork if we're doing the UK and Ireland!

Rooftileswithmoss · 27/10/2024 10:50

North - Utsjoki. Its incredible, you can't go much further north in Europe.

South - Kuala Lumpur

East - same

West - Vancouver Island

TwoBlueFish · 27/10/2024 10:51

N Orkney Islands
E Brisbane
S Cape Town
W Hawaii

mitogoshigg · 27/10/2024 10:51

Shetland, lands end/st David's,llyn peninsula (not sure which is further west) lizard think is south and Great Yarmouth I think is east, also been to Margate.

Globally - anchorage, ak, lucknow, India, Morocco and Shetland (Unst) which is further north than Helsinki which I've also been to

mitogoshigg · 27/10/2024 10:52

Actually Sri Lanka is below Morocco, been there

KnickerlessParsons · 27/10/2024 10:53

Stockholm and Melbourne

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