Prior Entries in this series:
I love to travel! It's fun to keep track of how far north I've been, how far west I've been, etc.
It has been over four years since I last expanded any of my extremes, but this month, I finally travelled to the Southern Hemisphere! It was my first time south of the Equator and my first time in South America,
The first stop was Cartagena, Colombia, which, despite the fact that is was my first time ever in South America, was not a new extreme. Cartagena is about 10.4°N latitude, which was is still north of the latitude of Phuket, Thailand, 7.7°N, which was my southernmost extreme up to then.
The next stop was a change of planes in Bogotá, which was still north of the Equator, but only 4.7° north at the airport. Temporarily, El Dorado Airport on the northwest side of Bogotá, Colombia, became my new southernmost extreme, but that would last only a few hours, as it would be eclipsed before the next sunrise. I boarded a red-eye flight and continued my southward journey.
My flight landed in Asunción, Paraguay, at 25.2°S latitude. After a day bouncing around town, the suburb of San Lorenzo, was my new furthest south extreme, at 25.3° S.
The following day, I travelled to the border town of Ciudad del Este, which abuts Brazil. Again my southernmost extreme ticked southward a little more, to 25.5° S, and the next morning to 25.6° S when we visited the Paraguayan Three Frontiers Monument at the point where Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina come together.
Finally, on the following day, Wednesday, October 11, 2022, I notched the point which is my current southernmost extreme. Inside Brazil's Iguaçu National Park, I hiked the waterfall trail and arrived at Garganta do Diablo, at 25.69°S latitude.
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
SOUTHERNMOST: 25.69° S
Garganta del Diablo, Iguaçu Falls,
Paraná, Brazil
25° 41' 27.9" S
54° 26' 13.0" W
Wednesday, October 11, 2022
EASTERNMOST: 23.95° E
Athens International Airport, Athens, Greece37° 56' 12.1956" N23° 56' 48.3106" ESunday, September 25, 2016(repeated Tuesday, September 27, 2016)
WESTERNMOST: 98.28° E
Phuket Island, Thailand
7° 51' 44.9346" N
98° 17' 1.4202" E
January 16, 2018
Plot on map
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
PRIOR NORTHERNMOST: 52.43° N
On the A10 Ring Road on the north side of Amsterdam52° 25' 31.5552" N
4° 53' 16.0512" E
Saturday, May 14, 2016
PREVIOUS PRIOR NORTHERNMOST: 51.45° N
On the Trans-Canada Highway, about 8 km NW of Lake Louise, Alberta51° 27' 30.2652" N
116° 16' 7.3848" W
Saturday, May 23, 2015
PRIOR SOUTHERNMOST: 12.07° N12° 4' 8.439" N
68° 51' 42.1524"
Tuesday, June 13, 2007
PRIOR EASTERNMOST: 7.06° E
Cologne, GermanyTransition 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
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
21° 35' 35.448" N
158° 6' 12.5892" W
Monday, February 14, 2011
Plot on map
Conversions from Decimal to Degrees /Minutes/Seconds:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal
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