My Geographic Extremes - May 2017

Prior Entries in this series:

• September 2016
• September 2015
• October 2014

I love to travel!  It's fun to keep track of how far north I've been, how far west I've been, etc. I still haven't managed to get out of the northern hemisphere (the closest I've come to South America is the island of Curaçao, about 25 miles north of the Venezuelan coast), but I have really stretched my boundaries over the past couple of years.

2016 was the year I finally made it out of North America!  Two separate trips to Europe pushed my "easternmost extreme" point further and further east, so that it is now at the Athens airport is in the far eastern suburbs of the Greek capital,  Also, Europe is further north than you might imagine, so my northern extremes also expanded.  For instance, did you know that Rome, which is in the southern part of Europe is at the same latitude as Salt Lake City?

In May 2017, on another trip to Europe, my northernmost geographic extreme crept a little further north.  Previously, it had been on the northern side of Amsterdam, but now it is in Tegel Airport (TXL) northwest of Berlin.


Interesting oddity: Two of the four compass point extremes are located on islands, and the other two are located at airports.

Here are my current geographic extremes (as of May 15, 2017)

NORTHERNMOST: 52.57° N

Terminal C at Berlin Tegel airport (TXL)

52° 33' 22.1034" N
13° 17' 52.8282" E

Monday, May 15, 2017

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SOUTHERNMOST: 12.07° N

Caracas Baai, Curaçao

12° 4' 8.439" N
68° 51' 42.1524"

Tuesday, June 13, 2007

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EASTERNMOST: 23.95° E

Athens International Airport, Athens, Greece

37° 56' 12.1956" N

23° 56' 48.3106" E

Sunday, September 25, 2016

(repeated Tuesday, September 27, 2016)

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WESTERNMOST: 158.10° W

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

21° 35' 35.448" N
158° 6' 12.5892" W
Monday, February 14, 2011

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PRIOR NORTHERNMOST: 52.43° N

On the A10 Ring Road on the north side of Amsterdam

52° 25' 31.5552" N
4° 53' 16.0512" E
Saturday, May 14, 2016

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PREVIOUS PRIOR NORTHERNMOST: 51.45° N

On the Trans-Canada Highway, about 8 km NW of Lake Louise, Alberta

51° 27' 30.2652" N
116° 16' 7.3848" W
Saturday, May 23, 2015

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PRIOR EASTERNMOST: 7.06° E

Cologne, Germany
Transition ramp from southbound Autobahn 3 to Autobahn 4 and 59, east side of Köln
50° 55' 29.172" N
7° 3' 30.2522" E
Saturday, May 14, 2016

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The eastward march of my easternmost point in May 2016

Thursday, May 5, 2016: Heathrow Airport, London
Thursday, May 5, 2016: Tower Bridge, London
Friday, May 6, 2016: Royal Naval Observatory, Greenwich, England
Saturday, May 7, 2016 - 48.88°N 2.36°E: Gare du Nord, Paris
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - 48.86°N 2.39°E: Père La Chaise Cemetery, Paris
Tuesday, May 9, 2016 - 48.87°N 2.78°E: Marne La-Vallée RER Station, Disneyland Paris
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 50.84°N 4.34°E: Bruxelles Midi Station, Brussels*
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 50.84°N 4.38°E: Parlamentarium (European Parliament), Brussels
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 52.38°N 4.90°E: Amsterdam Centraal Station, Amsterdam*
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 52.37°N 4.93°E: Brouwerij t'IJ, Amsterdam

* - Also a new northern record at the time


Conversions from Decimal to Degrees /Minutes/Seconds:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal