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[pne]

Suggested answer format includes both location name and latitude/longitude for NSEW, and both location name and distance for the last question, but feel free to answer however you'd like.

Poll #3064 Furthest NSEW

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What's the furthest west you've ever been?

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What's the furthest east you've ever been?

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What's the furthest north you've ever been?

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What's the furthest south you've ever been?

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What's the furthest you've ever been from the place you were born?

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[pne]

For furthest south, it was a near tie between Limassol, Cyprus (about 34.5° N); Mesa, Arizona (about 33.5° N); and San Diego (about 32.5° N).

For furthest west, it was an even closer tie between Seattle and San Francisco; Seattle is a tad further east than San Francisco (using the Golden Gate Bridge as my bearing, since I know I was there), but I took a ferry from Seattle to some island once (though I think I didn't set foot on the island; we just went there and back on the ferry), and assuming tht was Bainbridge Island, that's very close to San Francisco in longitude, so it's hard to say which ended up bringing me further west.

Interesting that San Diego showed up in two records: furthest south and furthest from birthplace.

For furthest north, I thought it would be Sigtuna, Sweden, where I went for a school mathematics competition, but it seems that Arlanda airport, where we landed, is a tad further north still. (Unfortunately, I don't remember where my host family lived, only that the school where the competition took place was in Sigtuna; so it's possible that I went a little further north still.)

[yvi]

I should really go eastwards at one point in my life :)

[schnurble]

Are you sure that Florida is only 4500 km from Germany? Or were you born in America?

[yvi]

I just had no idea how to find out how far that is. However, a Munich->Florida flight seems to be 8,000 kilometers, so I was pretty far off, wasn't I?

(Though the flight was actually to New York, which is 6,500 kilometers, so maybe the only 6 hours flight confused me ;))

[schnurble]

:o)

I measured by creating a map in google maps and inserted a straight line - it automatically shows the length of the line.

[zing_och]

That was fun! "furthest south" was pretty much a tie between Antalya and the Grand Canyon, but I went with Antalya for variety. *g*