My Geographic Extremes - January 2018

Prior Entries in this series:

• May 2017
• 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.

In January 2018, I finally went so far west, that I was actually in east longitude! On January 10. 2018, I crossed the International Date Line for the first time, which meant that it instantly became January 11 as I hit eastern longitude. Nevertheless, until I finally circumnavigate the entire globe, I will continue to treat this a a "westernmost" extreme; after all, I did fly west to get there.

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 January 21, 2018)

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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: 7.68° N

Maya Bay, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand

7° 40' 43.5" N

98° 45' 57.7" E

Thursday, January 18, 2018

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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: 98.28° E

Between Patong and Karon Beach
Phuket Island, Thailand


7° 51' 44.9346" N
98° 17' 1.4202" E

January 16, 2018

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Other temporary easternmost spots during January 2018
January 13, 2018 - Tian Tan Buddha/Ngong PingVillage
Lantau Island, Hong Kong
22° 15' 27.9108" N
113° 54' 6.663" E

January 11, 2018 - Hong Kong International Airport
22.314288 N
113.931159 E

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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 SOUTHERNMOST: 12.07° N

Caracas Baai, Curaçao

12° 4' 8.439" N
68° 51' 42.1524"

Tuesday, June 13, 2007

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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

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