Geography facts

[SmallTown]

Were I a pedant, I might mention this ... measuring coastline

... but I'm not, so won't.

awwwww don't ruin it. That was my fave

 

[thegreyfeather]

awwwww don't ruin it. That was my fave

Edinburgh is further west than Carlisle

 

[FartingGnome]

Edinburgh is further West (55.9533° N, 3.1883° W) than Liverpool (53.4084° N, 2.9916° W)

Newcastle is further North than Carlisle.

Just.

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Were I a pedant, I might mention this ... measuring coastline

... but I'm not, so won't.

Well if you’re using Wikipedia I accept I was wrong, it’s 18,000 not 16

Norway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[FartingGnome]

Squeezing one person per square metre you could fit the entire world's population on the Falkland Islands. With room for a toilet.

Not many people know that.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Edinburgh is further West (55.9533° N, 3.1883° W) than Liverpool (53.4084° N, 2.9916° W)

Just.

Before looking at a map I would never have believed that.

 

[Borotommo]

Only 36% of Americans own a passport. 9% of Chinese compared to 75% of Brits

 

[Borotommo]

Before looking at a map I would never have believed that.

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Wow. Boro is further West than Portsmouth!!

 

[FartingGnome]

Billingham is further North than Edmonton (the Canadian one)

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

It's possible to sail a ship 19,939.6 miles in a straight line. The route starts in Sonmiani, Balochistan, Pakistan, passes between Africa and Madagascar and then between Antarctica and Tierra del Fuego in South America, and ends in the Karaginsky District, Kamchatka Krai, in Russia.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

The stadium Estadio Milton Correa in Brazil is located right on the Equator, so that both teams who are playing defend 2 different hemispheres.

 

[exeterboro]

Middlesbrough( Yorkshire) is further north than Darlington( Durham)

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

 

[exeterboro]

Sunderlands urban area extends to the River Tees and includes Stockton and Billingham.
( source Encyclopedia Gibsonicus)

 

[HarryVegas]

The USA and Russia are less than 3 miles apart.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

 

[Jostler]

Edinburgh is further West (55.9533° N, 3.1883° W) than Liverpool (53.4084° N, 2.9916° W)

Newcastle is further North than Carlisle.

Just.

This has blown my mind, how I’ve never noticed I don’t know, but I’ve spent the last 5 mins on google maps measuring it up.

 

[FatCat]

Alaska is the Westernmost and Easternmost State in the U.S.​

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.

 

[FatCat]

California and Canada have the same population approx 37million people.

 

[bear66]

Alaska is the Westernmost and Easternmost State in the U.S.​

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.

It's further from east to west (or east) Alaska than New York to LA