The longest continuous north–south distance on land is
7,590 km (4,720 mi)
along the meridian 99°1’30′′E, from the northern tip of Siberia in the Russian Federation ( 76°13′6′′N 99°1′30′′E), through Mongolia, China, and Myanmar, to a point on the south coast of Thailand ( 7°53′24′′N 99°1′30′′E).
What are the 2 farthest points in the world?
- Rosario, Argentina to Xinghua, China: 19,996 km (12,425 mi)
- Lu’an, China to Río Cuarto, Argentina: 19,994 km (12,424 mi)
- Cuenca, Ecuador to Subang Jaya, Malaysia: 19,989 km (12,421 mi)
- Shanghai, China to Concordia, Argentina: 19,984 km (12,417 mi)
Which point is the farthest south?
Visiting
Tierra del Fuego
– The Southernmost Point in the World.
What 2 states are farthest apart?
Greatest distance between any two mainland points in the contiguous 48 states (linear distance): 2,892 miles (4,654 km), from Point Arena,
California
, to West Quoddy Head, Maine.
What is the farthest distance on earth?
Dankova in Kyrgyzstan to Hindu Tagh in China, is the longest sightline on earth at a whopping
538 km
.
What US state is the farthest south?
| Distance 1 | Extreme point Latitude mi. | Easternmost point: West Quoddy Head, Maine 4449′ N 1,788 | Southernmost point: Ka Lae (South Cape), Hawaii 1855′ N 3,463 | Westernmost point: Cape Wrangell, Alaska (Attu Island) 5255′ N 3,625 |
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Is Hawaii or Florida further south?
Florida is, with
the exception of Hawaii
, the southernmost state in the nation. Distance from Florida to Hawaii is 7,490 kilometers. Also, the Big Island of Hawaii is farther south than Key West (see Ka Lae).
What is the most inland place on Earth?
Ürümqi
is a city in Western China that claims to be the most inland big city in the world.
What country owns Point Nemo?
Located in the South Pacific Ocean, Point Nemo is exactly 2,688km (1,670 mi) from the nearest landmasses: Pitcairn Islands (
British Overseas
Territory) to the north. Easter Islands (special territories of Chile) to the northeast.
What part of the ocean is farthest from land?
Point Nemo
is the location in the ocean that is farthest from land. You can’t get farther away from land than ‘Point Nemo.
What is the most northern state in America?
Looking at a map,
Alaska
is clearly the most northern state in the U.S., and Hawaii, at 20o North, is without doubt the most southern state.
Is Alaska or Hawaii further west?
The
state farthest west is Alaska
!
It might surprise you to learn that Alaska is the most western state, especially when considering how far west Hawaii lies from the Continental U.S. An island named Attu located at the very tip of the Aleutian Island chain is the most western point in the entire country.
Which U.S. city is the farthest north?
Utqiagvik
is the northernmost city in the United States and the ninth northernmost city in the world. It is 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
On which day Earth is closest to Sun?
Earth is closest to the sun every year in
early January
, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early July, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.
Where on Earth is closest to the sun?
Earth’s closest approach to the sun, called
perihelion
, comes in early January and is about 91 million miles (146 million km), just shy of 1 AU. The farthest from the sun Earth gets is called aphelion. It comes in early July and is about 94.5 million miles (152 million km), just over 1 AU.
Which planet is farthest from the sun?
On January 21, 1979, Pluto moved inside the orbit of
Neptune
, thereby making the latter the farthest planet from the sun.
