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It's actually surprising how north the famous EU countries are. Already south France and Italy are about the same latitude as New England; Norway must be like
by foobarian 2y ago
It's actually surprising how north the famous EU countries are. Already south France and Italy are about the same latitude as New England; Norway must be like Alaska as far as daylight goes. If it weren't for the warm Atlantic current the place would be a glacier.
- input_sh 2y agoThe example that blew my mind once and I've been repeating it since: New York is as north as Madrid. Like, almost exactly, 0.3 degrees difference (or 20 miles, or 33 kilometres).
- coob 2y agoHis bless His Majesty’s Gulf Stream.
- VBprogrammer 2y agoLondon is further north than St John's Newfoundland.
- snowpid 2y agoThe south of Alaska starts in Northern Germany.
- NLips 2y agoThe entirety of Great Britain is farther north than the entirety of the contiguous 48 USA states.
- ethbr1 2y agoSo that's why they held onto Canada...
- jackcosgrove 2y agoIn the northern hemisphere the prevailing winds come from the west, which is why west coasts are more moderate than east coasts. Winds coming from the ocean are more moderate than winds coming from the interior of a continent. This is why New York is on the same latitude as Lisbon yet is much colder. Same for Tokyo and San Francisco. Western Europe is about as far north as people can live in large numbers.