How far have you been North, South, East & West?

[CatHugger]

Inspired by a post on the Dull Men's Club, how far have you been North, South, East and West?

In my home country (UK):

• North: Dundee
• South: Land's End
• East: Great Yarmouth
• West: Giants Causeway

In the world:

• North: Gullfoss waterfall, Iceland
• South: Johannesburg, South Africa
• East: Las Vegas airport, USA
• West: Shanghai, China

UK
North - Glasgow
south - Lizard Point
East - Lowestoft
West - Land's End

World
North - Glasgow again
South - Cape Town
East - Tokyo
West - Cuba

Ooh this is interesting. I had to look on a map.

UK-
north - Aviemore
south- Dover.
east - not sure, Skegness?
west- Shannon

World-
North - Canada (Montreal or Vancouver)
South - Argentina (Buenos Aires)
East - Japan (Tokyo) or Australia (Melbourne)
West - USA (Seattle or San Francisco)

Just looked on google maps and Malta seems to be the same level south as Gibraltar, so one or the other. I thought Malta was a lot further.

UK
North - John O’ Groats
South - Bournemouth
East - Great Yarmouth
West - Ardnamurchan on UK mainland
Enniskillen, NI

WORLD
North - Norway
South - Ivory Coast
East - Singapore
West - California

UK:

North - Edinburgh
East - Great Yarmouth or Dover (🤷‍♀️)
South - Polperro
West - Giant’s Causeway

World:

North - Martha’s Vineyard
East - Prague
South - Falkland Islands
West - Easter Island

Uk:
N: Edinburgh
E: Great Yarmouth
S: Lands End.
W: Lands End.

World:
N: Iceland.

E: Finland.
S: Savannah, GA.
W: San Francisco.

my geography is terrible so I had to look at a map to work it out.

Uk
North: Lairg
South: Lizard Point
East: Great Yarmouth
West: Lands End

World
North: Lairg
South: Tenerife
East:Salzburg
West: San Francisco

Actually penzance is further west than angelsey so penzance for furthest west uk

North - Uist
South - Scilly Isles
West - Skye the west most bit
East - Lowestoft

International
North -Iceland
South - St Lucia
East - Rhodes?
West - Redwood National Park?

UK
North - Scotland, as a child but couldn't say where.
South - Lizard Point
East - Lowestoft
West - Land's End

World
North - Scotland (55-57°N)
South - Dunedin, NZ (46°S)
East - Rotorua, NZ (176°E)
West - Hawaii (158°W)

UK
North - St Andrews
East - harwich
South- isle of Wight
West - Fishguard

World
North- Copenhagen
East - Mumbai
South - Mauritius
West - nashville

I saw that on FB too and it got me thinking about mine.

UK:
North- Aviemore
East- Great Yarmouth
West- Falmouth
South- Also Falmouth!

World
North- Oslo
East- New Zealand
South- New Zealand
West- New Zealand!

…I see NZ as all three of those but I’m not a geographer so could be wrong. If not NZ, answers would be:

East- Malaysia
South- Tahiti (briefly, for plane refuelling on way to NZ)
West- California

UK:
North - Inverness
South- Land's end
East- Broadstairs
West - Derry

World (If I put the UK in the centre)
North - Oslo
South - Cape Town
East- Mumbai
West - San Francisco

Uk
North: Kinlochleven
South: Lizard Point
East: not really sure, somewhere in the Norfolk Broads?
West: Dunluce in Northern Ireland, assuming that is further west than Lands End

World
North: Kinlochleven
South: Hobart, Tasmania
East: Coolangatta Australia
West: Los Angeles

Though I have flown over the International Date Line but the last time this game was played on Mumsnet, that wasn't allowed, it had to be where you had been at ground level.

UK
North - Birsay on Orkney main island
South - Scilly Islands
West - Ardamuchan
East - Folkestone

World
East - Guam
South - Bali
North - Iceland
West - Seattle

UK
North: Glen Nevis
South: Land's End
West: Land's End or Pembrokeshire
East: Dover or Norwich

World:
North: Uppsala, Sweden
South: Lima, Peru
West: Acapulco, Mexico
East: Shanhaiguan, China (where the Great Wall meets the sea!)

UK:

N: Lossiemouth
S: Salcombe
E: Broadstairs
W: Mallaig

World:

N: Lossiemouth
S: Aswan Dam
E: Dead Sea
W: Vancouver Island

I guess I'm not that adventurous! 😆

UK
North. Orkney
East. Cromer, Norfolk
West. Outer Hebrides
South. Jersey/ Cape Cornwall/ Lands End? Does Jersey count?

WORLD
North. Still the Orkney Islands
East. Israel
West. Atlanta, Georgia
South. Florida, Tampa

UK
North - Shetland
South - Lizard Point
East - Isle of Sheppey
West - Benbecula

World
North - Bergen
South - Barbados
East - Warsaw
West - Utah

This is fun! We have a world map in our study and have little sticky gems where we have been as a family.

UK-
north - Aberdeen
south- . Land’s end
east - dover
west- land’s end

World-
North - aberdeen (had to check it against copenhagen)
South - Kenya
East - kenya
West - cuba

UK
North - Orkney Islands
East - Dover
South - Lizard
West - Land’s end

World

North - Orkneys
East - Poland
South - Tenerife
West - San Francisco

In the UK:

N: Inverness
S: Dover
E: Probably also Dover with how the tilt of the UK is with latitude and longitude
W: Skye, again because of the tilt

World:
N: I think it’s the Shrine of St Therese near Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska
S: Le Mans, France
E: Paris, France
W: Sitka, Alaska

U.K.
North: Twatt, Orkneys
East: Lowestoft
South: Land's End
West: Marble Arch Caves, N.I.

Globally
North: Lapland
South: Southern Tip of Africa, Cape Town
East: Tokyo
West: Vancouver Island

UK
N Edinburgh
S Jersey, or Mevagissey
W Pembrokeshire
E Lowestoft

World
N Edinburgh
E Turkey
S Colombia
West California

UK
North: Dunnett Head in Scotland (highest point on the mainland I think)
South: Isle of Wight or Lands End, or do Channel Islands count?
East: Somewhere like Lowestoft
West: Northern Irish border with Donegal

World
North: Trondheim
South: Tasmania
East: Pacific Islands
West: Also Pacific Islands