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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:
EveryDayisFriday · 27/10/2024 22:56

N Inverness
S Phillip Island, Melbourne
E Auckland
W Oahu, Hawaii

longtompot · 27/10/2024 23:02

North - outer Hebrides
South - Ibiza
East - (the former) Yugoslavia
West - Chicago

MadKittenWoman · 27/10/2024 23:46

North- Iceland,
South- Gran Canaria
East- Santorini
West- California

Definitely need to plan some long-haul trips.

HRTQueen · 27/10/2024 23:53

North: Iceland
South: Tasmania
East: Cape Byron
West: San Francisco

FoxLoxInSox · 27/10/2024 23:57

The Cairngorms
Massif Central (France)
Hungary
New York

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 28/10/2024 07:37

Junaluma · 27/10/2024 22:54

In the UK:
North: Isle of Barra but not sure if Inverness is further north than that? I’ve been to both.
East: Norwich
South: St Ives
West: Holyhead

Globally:
North: Helsinki, Finland
East: Tokyo, Japan
South: Tasmania, Australia
West: Los Angeles, USA

Inverness is further north than Barra. My Google maps app is working overtime on this thread!

The East-West cutoff is the international date line.

OP posts:
FeltCarrot · 28/10/2024 07:42

N Alta,Norway
S Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
E Tokyo
W San Diego

Gorgonemilezola · 28/10/2024 07:47

North - Orkney, Kirkennes
South - Lizard, Hobart
East - Lowestoft, Fiji
West - Belleek, San Francisco (or Vancouver, not sure which is further west.

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 28/10/2024 07:50

In the UK:

North: Edinburgh
South: Porthcurno
East: Great Yarmouth
West: St Davids 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Worldwide:

North: Edinburgh (will be Norway in 2026!)
South: Madrid
East: Paris
West: New York City

notimagain · 28/10/2024 07:53

@RealHousewivesOfTaunton

The East-West cutoff is the international date line.

Fair enough for a fun quiz but with pendant hat on I’ll mention that the international date line-zags either side of 180 E/W longitude for political/geographic reasons.

For the Brits, who are at roughly 0 East/0 west, it might be easier to simply go by E or W longitude…

ainkeepsfalling · 28/10/2024 07:56

UK
North: Kirkwall, Orkney
West: Galway, Ireland
South: On mainland it would be Lizard Point, Cornwall (it's the most southerly point even tho most people think it's Land's end) Have also been to St Mary's Isle of Scilly, not sure if that's any further south
East: Lowestoft, Norfolk

Worldwide
North: probably still Orkney!
West: Memphis
South: Buenos Aires
East: Mombasa

Beezknees · 28/10/2024 07:59

In UK only:
North: Edinburgh
South: Cornwall St Ives
East: Cromer, Norfolk
West: snowdonia Wales

worldwide:
North: Saariselka, Finland
South: Thailand, Phuket
East: also Thailand, Phuket
West: NYC

ainkeepsfalling · 28/10/2024 08:00

Actually I'm a tit, Galway isn't in the UK...so Belfast!

rainfallpurevividcat · 28/10/2024 08:03

N Skye
S Johannesburg
E East coast of Australia
W New York

UK only
N Skye
S Isle of Wight, or Jersey if you can include the Channel Islands
E Norfolk
W Isles of Scilly

Newuser75 · 28/10/2024 08:07

In Uk
North John o groats
South Isle of Wight
East north east coast
West wales

Fleximama · 28/10/2024 08:09

North - Skye
South - Florida gulf coast
East - Rhodes
West - San Francisco

Warmautumnbreeze · 28/10/2024 08:22

UK
N-Glasgow
S-Truro
E-Eastbourne
W-Truro

N-Glasgow
S-Tenerife
E-Rhodes
W-Washington DC

Dontcallmescarface · 28/10/2024 08:32

West...Hawaii
East...New Zealand
South... Wollongong, Australia
North....erm Manchester

Rocknrollstar · 28/10/2024 08:40

N Inverness
E Lowestoft
S Land’s End
W Belfast

N St Petersburg
E Shanghai
S Antarctica
W Vancouver

MorrisZapp · 28/10/2024 09:21

Gairloch
Majorca
Dusseldorf
LA

nabanna · 28/10/2024 09:29

N - The North Cape
S - The Philippines
E - Moscow
W - Anchorage Alaska

Feist · 28/10/2024 09:30

UK:
N - Blackpool
E - Dover
S - Torquay
W - Swansea

Globally
N - Denmark
E - India
S - Mauritius
W - Cuba

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 28/10/2024 13:08

nabanna · 28/10/2024 09:29

N - The North Cape
S - The Philippines
E - Moscow
W - Anchorage Alaska

My geography isn't as good as I thought it was judging by the amount of googling I've had to do on this thread, but I'm fairly sure the Philippines are further east than Moscow!

OP posts:
nabanna · 28/10/2024 13:30

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 28/10/2024 13:08

My geography isn't as good as I thought it was judging by the amount of googling I've had to do on this thread, but I'm fairly sure the Philippines are further east than Moscow!

Looking now I think I you are right, thanks

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 28/10/2024 13:52

U.K. north, a Shetland island with the most northerly post office in the U.K. - Unst?

South, The Lizard
E and W, no idea.

World, N, Stockholm.
S, somewhere in the S of S Africa where the sea was absolutely bloody freezing - Cape of Good Hope?

E, maybe Bangkok
W, probably San Francisco.