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It's my go to fun fact whenever the situation is suitable for it. People often have never realized this. (My other fun fact is that South America in its entire
by mmcnl 3y ago
It's my go to fun fact whenever the situation is suitable for it. People often have never realized this.
(My other fun fact is that South America in its entirety lies East of Florida, and not below North America, most people memorize South America as being completely South of North America.)
- dessimus 3y agoFlorida is also further west than most people realize, as Miami is longitudinally close to Cleveland, OH rather than New York City.
- lb1lf 3y agoAnd, while on the subject - Norway is squarely in Western Europe, no? Yet the town of Kirkenes in arctic Norway (somewhere around 70 degrees latitude) lies to the east of Istanbul.
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- johnchristopher 3y agoWhat were the odds, got this tweet today https://twitter.com/Locati0ns/status/1705703590181187640?t=2keR1xr6_dG-UwJGe0B4Hg&s=19 https://twitter.com/Locati0ns/status/1705703590181187640?t=2... > The entirety of continental South America lies east of Michigan" means that, in terms of geographical positioning on the Earth's surface, all of the landmass of South America is located to the east of the state of Michigan in the United States. This is a factual statement based on the Earth's geography. It highlights the vast eastward extent of South America compared to the location of Michigan in North America.
- dghughes 3y agoMy geographic fun fact is my tiny Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) is the only Canadian province that doesn't border another country (but there is one territory that also doesn't border any country). From British Columbia (BC) on west coast to New Brunswick (NB) and Nova Scotia (NS) on the East coast they all have a southern border with the USA. NS has a maritime border with the USA. Newfoundland and Labrador border two countries although technically each is not what you think. To its south the island of Newfoundland borders France via the small cluster of islands which are a territory of France called St. Pierre and Miquelon. The Labrador border is an eastern maritime border with Denmark/Greenland. Not a province but the territory of Nunavut also border Greenland/Denmark. It even has a land border via Hans Island a now shared island which Canada and Denmark used to both "fight" over. The Yukon in the north-west borders the USA state of Alaska. That leaves Northwest Territories (NWT) it has no border with any nation just its territory neighbours and the prairie provinces to the south.
- jefftk 3y ago> South America in its entirety lies East of Florida Miami, FL: 80.2W Manta, Ecuador: 80.7W It's close, but not quite.
- vlabakje90 3y agoI was curious, so I calculated what this distance would be in kilometers. At 2 degrees lattitude (lattitude of Ecuador), a difference of 0.5 degrees longitude translates to 55.6 kilometers.
- colmmacc 3y agoSimilarly ... the entire state of Maine, even its very north-most point, is to the south of Seattle's even southern-most point. A lot of US maps are tilted a few degrees, especially schoolroom maps, making the East coast and Maine seem much further north than it is.
- jonhohle 3y agoIt’s amazing how far north Seattle is, and at the same time, how temperate it is. Seemingly less than 8 hours of daylight in the winter and 16 hours of daylight in the summer are amazing. After growing up in Wisconsin, Seattle seasons were so refreshing.
- Tagbert 3y agoIt’s the marine climate and most weather fronts move in from the ocean. When it does get relatively cold, it’s because of a front moving down from Canada.
- nucleardog 3y agoThe ocean helps. Vancouver, BC is even a bit further north and it’s the same. One year I was there the flowers were blooming in late January. The middle of a Canadian winter.
- robotresearcher 3y agoVancouver is Canada for beginners, weather-wise.
- wkjagt 3y agoMy more local fun fact: I live on the North Shore of Montreal, and I have friends that live on the South Shore, but they actually live more north than me.
- coffeedan 3y agoMy favorite geographic fun fact is that Maine is the closest state to Africa.
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