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Small Wonder
Promotional poster
Genre
Comedy science fiction sitcom
Created by
Howard Leeds
Directed by
Peter Baldwin
John Bowab
Bob Claver
Dick Christie
Linda Day
Selig Frank
Leslie H. Martinson
Starring
Tiffany Brissette
Dick Christie
Marla Pennington
Jerry Supiran
Emily Schulman
Theme music composer
Rod Alexander
Howard Leeds
Diane Leslie
Opening theme
"She's a Small Wonder"
Ending theme
"She's a Small Wonder" (Instrumental)
Composer(s)
George Greeley
Ed Lojeskie
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
96 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Howard Leeds
Producer(s)
Budd Grossman
Bruce Taylor
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
22 minutes
Production company(s)
The Small Wonder Venture
Metromedia Video Productions
Distributor
Metromedia Producers Corporation
(1985–1986)
(season 1)
20th Century Fox Television
(1986–1990)
(seasons 2-4)
Release
Original network
Syndication
Picture format
Color (480i)
Audio format
Monaural
First shown in
1985–1989
Original release
September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) – May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)
Small Wonder is an American comedy science fiction sitcom that aired in first-run syndication from September 7, 1985, to May 20, 1989. The show chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who secretly creates a robot modeled after a human girl, then tries to pass it off as their adopted daughter.
Contents
1 Premise
2 Characters
2.1 Recurring
3 2009 reunion
4 Reruns and international airings
5 Awards
6 Episodes
7 DVD releases
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Premise[edit]
The story lines revolve around V.I.C.I. (an acronym for Voice Input Child Identicant, pronounced "Vicki"), an android in the form of a 10-year-old girl. V.I.C.I. was built by Ted Lawson, an engineer/inventor for United Robotronics, in an effort to assist handicapped children. The robot is taken home by Lawson so that it can mature within a family environment. V.I.C.I.'s features include superhuman strength and speed, an AC outlet under her right arm, a data port under her left arm, and an access panel in her back. Despite this, the Lawson family initially tries to pass V.I.C.I. off as an orphaned family member whom they eventually legally adopt as their daughter.
The Lawson family tries to keep the robot's existence a secret, but their disagreeable neighbors, the Brindles, keep on popping up at the most unexpected moments — especially nosy next-door neighbor Harriet, whose father happens to be Ted Lawson's co-worker. The show's humor frequently derived from V.I.C.I.'s attempts to learn human behavior, her unprecedented echolalia, the robot's literal interpretation of speech and the family's efforts to disguise the robot's true nature.
To explain child actress Tiffany Brissette's aging during the show, the series' producers had Ted give V.I.C.I. an upgrade in the series' third season. He aged her face, dressed her in modern clothes, and allowed her to eat and drink. The food passed through her naturally and the drink cooled her internal system.
Characters[edit]
The cast of Small Wonder during the first season
Ted Lawson (Dick Christie): Jamie's father, Joan's husband, and Vicki's creator. A robotics engineer who originally created the Vicki robot as a domestic servant with a female child's appearance.
Joan Lawson (Marla Pennington): Ted's wife and Jamie's mother. Joan, more than anyone else on the show, regards Vicki as a real person.
Jamie Lawson (Jerry Supiran): The 10-year-old son of Ted and Joan.
Harriet Brindle (Emily Schulman): The nosy neighbors' daughter who has a crush on Jamie.
Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson (Tiffany Brissette): A robot modeled after a real human girl. The robot was a Voice Input Child Identicant (V.I.C.I.), but was nicknamed Vicki. She has real hair and realistic skin. She possesses superhuman strength and speed and runs on atomic power. Vicki has an access panel in her back, an electric socket in her right armpit, and an RS-232 serial port under her left armpit. Vicki's artificial intelligence is not perfect; she is incapable of emotion, speaks in a monotone voice and interprets most commands literally. She does manage to blend into the real world to a point. Vicki attends school, and no one but her family members and a few trusted friends know her secret. Occasionally Vicki had rare abilities that seemed to only appear in one or two episodes, such as elongating her neck to reach a door's peephole, shrinking her size to become as small as a doll or making herself ten feet tall to get noticed by everyone. Somehow, she could also channel enough electricity through her hands to jump-start a car (or with more control, restart a person's heart after suffering a coronary). One recurring theme was that Vicki had a super-powered learning system which enabled her to improve something such as a new detergent or to greatly increase the gas mileage of cars, which Jamie often saw as a chance to get rich quick, only to find her improvements were not perfect. Vicki lives in a cabinet in Jamie's bedroom, and becomes more human-like over the course of the show.
Recurring[edit]
Brandon Brindle (William Bogert): Harriet's father. Becomes Ted Lawson's boss after stealing Ted's ideas. Also a neighbor to the Lawsons.
Bonnie Brindle (Edie McClurg): Harriet's mother and Brandon's wife. Written out after the second season after McClurg joined the cast of The Hogan Family, though Bonnie appears one more time in a third-season episode.
Ida Mae Brindle (Alice Ghostley): Brandon's outspoken, know-it-all sister, who is nearly identical to his wife Bonnie.
Reggie Williams (Paul C. Scott): Jamie's best friend and sometimes rival.
Jessica (Lihann Jones): Jamie's sometime girlfriend.
Warren Enright (Daryl Bartley): Jamie's sometime school friend.
Vanessa (Tiffany Brissette): Evil robot who looks identical to Vicki, but does not speak in a monotone. (Seen in seasons 3 and 4)
2009 reunion[edit]
On January 14, 2009, on Fox's The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, Tiffany Brissette appeared in-studio as a guest for a "Where Are They Now?" segment; unbeknownst to her until the segment began, Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, and Edie McClurg were all present via satellite. Fond remarks and memories were shared about Brissette in the very brief segment. On the show, Brissette stated that she was living in Boulder, Colorado, and attending nursing school.
Reruns and international airings[edit]
After the series ended, the show entered weekday rerun syndication on many stations across the United States and continued until 1996. After that, the show had not aired anywhere in the country until January 10, 2015 when Antenna TV began airing the series on weekends, which continued until May 27, 2017. The network resumed airing the show on September 9, 2017. As of May 2018, the show airs on Sundays.
In the United Kingdom, the show was screened regionally on the ITV from January 1986 until late 1988, Only the first two series were shown. Sky One also broadcast the series in full from 1988 to the early 1990s on . In Italy, the show appeared in the mid-1980s on Italia 1 network and was titled Super Vicky. In France, the series was shown as Petite merveille on Canal+, starting in November 1985. In Spain, the show was broadcast on Antena 3 Televisión as Un robot en casa in December 1995. In India, China, Pakistan and other Asian countries, Small Wonder was syndicated on local TV stations and the Star TV Network in the mid-1990s. In Latin America, the show appeared on Rede Globo and, later, TV Record in Brazil and was called Super Vicky. It also aired on VTV (Venezolana de Televisión) in Venezuela between 1987 and 1990, Canal 13 in Argentina, Bogotá local network Canal Capital in Colombia, Teleantillas in the Dominican Republic and Frecuencia Latina in Peru, where it was called La pequeña maravilla. In the Philippines, it aired on GMA Network in the mid-1980s, and on ABC in 1992. In Saudi Arabia, it was aired during the '80s as a daily family show during the month of Ramadan on Saudi TV (Channel 2). In 1994, it was aired in India on Star Plus first in English then in Hindi the same year most of the time, until 1998 and in Tamil in Star Vijay in the beginning of the 2000s. It aired in Pakistan on Network Television Marketing. In Indonesia, it was aired on TVRI. It was aired on many TV stations in Middle East as well, such as Saudi TV Channel 2 and Iraq TV Channel 1, with Arabic subtitles and called الاعجوبة الصغيرة. In Germany the show was broadcast on ProSieben in 1990 (with several reruns in the early 1990s) and was titled Vicki. In 1986, it aired in Thailand on Channel 9 at 9:00 p.m. after the evening news.[1]
Awards[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
1986 Young Artist Award Best Young Supporting Actress in a New Television Series Emily Schulman
1987 Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Long-Running Series, Comedy or Drama
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Small Wonder episodes
DVD releases[edit]
Shout! Factory has released the first two seasons of Small Wonder on DVD in Region 1.[2][3]
DVD Name
Ep#
Region 1
The Complete First Season 24 February 16, 2010
The Complete Second Season 24 June 22, 2010
See also[edit]
My Living Doll. Howard Leeds, producer of Small Wonder, also produced this 1964-1965 sitcom starring Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar with the same premise as Small Wonder (except the gynoid is an adult female and the lead male character takes custody of the robot as opposed to building her).
Not Quite Human, a series of novels in which a scientist creates an android, passing him off as his son, telling only his daughter the truth. The series was made into several TV movies for the Disney Channel.
Karishma Kaa Karishma, the Indian television sitcom remake.[4] The series aired on STAR Plus.
Dr. Slump, where a crazy Japanese inventor makes an android daughter so he can become closer to a local teacher he is in love with.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence – also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction film written, directed, and produced by Steven Spielberg, and based on Brian Aldiss's short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long". The film stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Sam Robards, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, and William Hurt. Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love.
1980s portal
Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant — The Indian television series in which a scientist named Shaan Kant creates an android for his boss and names it RAJNI (Randomly Accessible Job Networking Interface), who eventually becomes his wife Rajni-Kant and makes a good impression on his family. The truth about her is known only to Shaan and his friend Dev.
Yo Soy Franky and I Am Frankie - The Colombian children's telenovela and American re-make has a teenage android named Frankie Gaines created by a robot scientist who wants to see how she does in high school, and has to keep it a secret from the general student body. Other androids are developed by rivals who also appear at the school.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "กระทู้ย้อนอดีต....มีใครจำ "วิคกี้ หนูน้อยคอมพิวเตอร์" ได้บ้างครับ" (in Thai). pantip.com. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
Jump up ^ "Small Wonder - Shout! Factory Inputs the Official Press Release for The Complete 1st Season". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
Jump up ^ "Small Wonder - 'Shout! Select' DVD Release for The Complete 2nd Season: Packaging and Date!". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
Jump up ^ "Adorable robot girl of Karishma Kaa Karishma". TribuneIndia. March 9, 2003.
External links[edit]
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Small Wonder at TV.com
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Small Wonder at Retrojunk
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Law Abiding Citizen
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Law Abiding Citizen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
Produced by
Gerard Butler
Kurt Wimmer
Mark Gill
Lucas Foster
Alan Siegel
Written by
Kurt Wimmer
Starring
Jamie Foxx
Gerard Butler
Bruce McGill
Colm Meaney
Leslie Bibb
Michael Irby
Regina Hall
Music by
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Jonathan Sela
Edited by
Tariq Anwar
Production
company
The Film Department
Distributed by
Overture Films
Release date
October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16)
Running time
118 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$53 million[1]
Box office
$126.7 million[2]
Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American crime drama thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer and stars Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man driven to seek justice while targeting not only his family's killer but also those who have supported a corrupt criminal justice system, intending to assassinate anyone supporting the system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009.[3]
The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, but lost to Inglourious Basterds. The film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations for both Jamie Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and F. Gary Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture).[4]
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Development
4 Production
5 Soundtrack
6 Release
7 Reception
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
In a home invasion, Clarence Darby kills the wife and daughter of Clyde Shelton. Prosecutor Nick Rice is unable to securely convict Darby. Unwilling to take a chance on lowering his high conviction rate, he makes a deal with Darby, who pleads guilty to a lesser charge and receives a reduced sentence for testifying against his accomplice, Rupert Ames. Ames is convicted and sentenced to death. Darby is released after a few years. Clyde feels betrayed by Rice's actions and the justice system.
Ten years later, Ames is executed. Unknown to the prosecutors and witnesses, the drug usually used has been replaced with an anticonvulsant, causing Ames to die painfully. Evidence implicates Darby. An anonymous caller alerts Darby as the police draw near and directs him to a remote location. Clyde, disguised as a police officer, reveals himself as the caller and paralyzes Darby with poison. He straps Darby to a table and videorecords dismembering him. When Darby's remains are found, evidence ties his death to Clyde. Clyde willingly surrenders and goes to prison.
Rice learns his wife and daughter have been sent the dismemberment video and traumatized by it. He initially refuses a plea bargain with Clyde, but District Attorney Jonas Cantrell orders Rice to make a deal. Clyde demands a new bed in his cell in exchange for a "confession." In court, Clyde represents himself and successfully argues he should be granted bail, then berates the judge for accepting the "bullshit" legal precedents he cited and for being too eager to let madmen and murderers back on the street. The judge jails Clyde for contempt of court.
Clyde demands a steak lunch and a music player be delivered to his cell by a specific time, in return for telling where to find Darby's lawyer, who was reported missing. Rice agrees, though the lunch is delayed by a few minutes by the warden's security measures. Once he has his meal, which he shares with a cellmate, Clyde provides a set of coordinates where Rice and the others find Darby's lawyer, buried alive but suffocated by time-mechanized materials while Clyde's dinner was delayed. As loud music plays in Clyde's cell, he proceeds to kill his cellmate with the bone of his steak, forcing the warden to secure him in solitary confinement.
Cantrell arranges a meeting with a CIA contact and brings Rice. They learn Clyde previously worked with the agency, creating imaginative assassination devices. They are warned Clyde can kill anyone anytime he wishes. During a meeting with Rice and Cantrell, the judge dies when her cell phone explodes. Clyde demands all charges against him be dropped or he will "kill everyone". Rice takes precautionary measures instead. After a deadline has passed, a number of Rice's assistants die from car bombs. Leaving the funeral of a colleague, Cantrell is killed by a weaponized bomb disposal robot. Rice meets with Clyde in private and punches him repeatedly. Clyde stands his ground and tells Rice that he is just beginning to destroy the current system and all who believe in it. The mayor puts the city under lockdown and promotes Rice to acting District Attorney.
Rice learns that Clyde owns an auto garage near the prison. A tunnel leads to a cache of guns, disguises, and other equipment below the solitary confinement cells, with secret entrances to each cell. He and Police Detective Dunnigan realize that Clyde wanted to be in solitary confinement all along; this allows him to easily leave the prison without detection, carry out his pre-meditated murders while misleading the cops who assume he must have accomplices. Evidence points to Clyde's next target, City Hall, where the mayor is holding an emergency meeting. Rice and his men cannot find Clyde but discover evidence pointing to a cell-phone-activated suitcase bomb in the room directly below the meeting.
Clyde returns to his cell. He is surprised to find Rice waiting for him. Clyde suggests another deal, but Rice says he no longer makes deals with murderers, thanking Clyde for teaching him that. Rice warns him to not do anything he will regret, Clyde's cell phone ready to be dialed to activate the City Hall bomb. Rice and Dunnigan leave immediately when Clyde dials the phone. Clyde realizes too late that Rice has moved the bomb to his cell, which is now sealed. Clyde holds his daughter's bracelet, accepting his fate as the bomb explodes.
The epilogue shows Rice watching his daughter in a musical performance on stage, something he had been unable to find time for previously.
Cast[edit]
Jamie Foxx as Nick Rice
Gerard Butler as Clyde Alexander Shelton
Colm Meaney as Detective Dunnigan
Bruce McGill as Jonas Cantrell
Leslie Bibb as Sarah Lowell
Michael Irby as Detective Garza
Gregory Itzin as Warden Inger
Regina Hall as Kelly Rice
Emerald-Angel Young as Denise Rice
Christian Stolte as Clarence James Darby
Annie Corley as Judge Laura Burch
Richard Portnow as Bill Reynolds
Viola Davis as Mayor April Henry
Michael Kelly as Bray
Josh Stewart as Rupert Ames
Roger Bart as Brian Bringham
Development[edit]
Frank Darabont was originally attached as director, but left the project in early October 2008 over script disagreements. According to rumor, his relationship with the film's production company "ended ugly."[5]
In a reversal of their roles in the final version, Gerard Butler was initially signed on to play the prosecuting attorney, while Jamie Foxx was the criminal mastermind operating from inside prison.[6]
Production[edit]
Filming began in August 2008 and took place in and around Philadelphia. Filming locations included Philadelphia's City Hall and the now closed Holmesburg Prison. Holmesburg's "Thunderdome command center" is quite evident in the movie.
The film was edited after being threatened with an NC-17 rating for violence,[7] with the full version released unrated on Blu-ray.
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Law Abiding Citizen (soundtrack)
The score to Law Abiding Citizen was composed by Brian Tyler, who recorded his score with a 52-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage with help from Kieron Charlesworth.[8] The film also uses "Eminence Front" by The Who and "Engine No. 9" by Deftones on Clyde's iPod while he is eating his steak in his cell. While Clyde calls Darby to help him 'escape' the police after Ames' execution, "Bloodline" by Slayer is Darby's ringer. The tune at the end for closing credits is "Sin's A Good Man's Brother" by Grand Funk Railroad.
Release[edit]
The film was released theatrically on October 16, 2009.[9] The first theatrical trailer was released on August 14, 2009 and was attached to District 9.[10]
The premiere was held on November 15, 2009 at the Cineworld complex in Glasgow - hometown of Gerard Butler. Many British tabloids have labeled this event as the "Homecoming Premiere", in reference to the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations.[11]
Reception[edit]
The film took second place in its opening weekend, with $21,039,502, behind Where the Wild Things Are. It went on to gross $126.6 million total worldwide.[12]
Law Abiding Citizen received negative reviews from critics. Critics on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 25% score, with an average rating of 4.3/10 based on 155 reviews. The site's critical consensus states that "Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason". In contrast, users on the site gave the film an average score of 75%.[13]
In his review for the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert said, "Law Abiding Citizen is the kind of movie you will like more at the time than in retrospect." He then went on to say, "Still, there's something to be said for a movie you like well enough at the time." Ebert rated the film 3 out of 4 stars.[14]
See also[edit]
Vigilante film
List of films featuring home invasions
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "Law Abiding Citizen". 16 October 2009.
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Extreme points of Earth
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This is a list of extreme points of Earth, the geographical locations that are farther north or south than, higher or lower in elevation than, or farthest inland or out to sea from, any other locations on the landmasses, continents or countries.
For other lists of extreme points on Earth, including places that hold temperature and weather records, see Extremes on Earth, Lists of extreme points, and List of weather records.
Contents
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1 Earth
1.1 Latitude and longitude
1.2 Elevation
1.2.1 Highest points
1.2.1.1 Highest points attainable by transportation
1.2.1.2 Highest geographical features
1.2.2 Lowest points
1.2.2.1 Lowest artificial points
1.2.2.2 Lowest natural points
1.2.2.3 Lowest points attainable by transportation
1.2.2.4 Lowest cities
1.3 Remoteness
1.3.1 Poles of inaccessibility
1.3.1.1 Continental
1.3.1.2 Oceanic
1.3.2 Other places considered the most remote
1.3.3 Farthest-apart cities
1.4 Center
1.5 Longest straight lines between two points
1.5.1 Along constant latitude
1.5.2 Along constant longitude
1.5.3 Along any geodesic
2 By region
2.1 Afro-Eurasia
2.2 The Americas
2.3 Oceania
2.4 Antarctica
2.5 Arctic
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
Earth[edit]
Latitude and longitude[edit]
The northernmost point on Earth is the Geographic North Pole, in the Arctic Ocean.
The northernmost point on land is the northern tip of Kaffeklubben Island, north of Greenland (83°40′N 29°50′W / 83.667°N 29.833°W / 83.667; -29.833 (northernmost point on land)), which lies slightly north of Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland (83°38′N 32°40′W / 83.633°N 32.667°W / 83.633; -32.667 (Cape Morris Jesup)). Various shifting gravel bars lie farther north, the most famous being Oodaaq.
The southernmost point on Earth and the southernmost point on land is the geographic South Pole, which is on the continent of Antarctica.
The southernmost point of water[further explanation needed] is a bay on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf along the coast of Antarctica (83°S 59°W / 83°S 59°W / -83; -59) about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Berkner Island, the southernmost island in the world. The southernmost point of ocean is located on the Gould Coast (84°30′S 150°0′W / 84.500°S 150.000°W / -84.500; -150.000 (southernmost point of ocean));[1] the southernmost point of open ocean is also part of the Ross Sea, namely the Bay of Whales at 78°30'S, at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.[2]
The westernmost and easternmost points on Earth, based on the east-west standard for describing longitude, can be found anywhere along the 180th meridian in Siberia (including Wrangel Island), Antarctica, or the three islands of Fiji through which the 180th meridian passes (Vanua Levu's eastern peninsula, the middle of Taveuni, and the western part of Rabi Island).
Using the path of the International Date Line instead, the westernmost point on land is Attu Island, Alaska, and the easternmost point on land is Caroline Island, Kiribati.[note 1]
Elevation[edit]
See also: List of elevation extremes by region, List of elevation extremes by country, and Extremes on Earth
Highest points[edit]
Chimborazo, Ecuador
The highest point on the Earth's surface measured from sea level is the summit of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and China. While measurements of its height vary slightly, the elevation of its peak is usually given as 8,848 m (29,029 feet) above sea level. It was first reached by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Sherpa of Nepal Tenzing Norgay in 1953 (with speculation that it may have been reached in 1924).
The point farthest from the Earth's center is the summit of Chimborazo[3] in Ecuador, at 6,384.4 kilometres (3,967.1 mi) from the center of the earth (the peak's elevation in relation to sea level is 6,263.47 m (20,549 ft)).[note 2] This is because the Earth is an oblate spheroid rather than a perfect sphere: it is wider at the equator and narrower between the poles. Therefore, the summit of Chimborazo, which is near the equator, is farther away from the center of the Earth than the summit of Mount Everest (the summit of Mount Everest is 2,168 m (7,112.9 feet) closer, at 6,382.3 km (3,965.8 miles) to the Earth's center). Peru's Huascarán contends closely with Chimborazo, the difference in the mountains' heights being just 23 m (75 feet).[citation needed]
Highest points attainable by transportation[edit]
The highest point accessible...
...by land vehicle is an altitude of 6,688 metres (21,942 ft) on Ojos del Salado in Chile, which was reached by the Chilean duo of Gonzalo Bravo G. and Eduardo Canales Moya on 21 April 2007 with a modified Suzuki Samurai, setting the high-altitude record for a four-wheeled vehicle.
...by road (dead end) is on a mining road to the summit of Aucanquilcha in Chile, which reaches an elevation of 6,176 m (20,262 feet). It was once usable by 20-tonne mining trucks.[5] The road is no longer usable. 21°12′50″S 68°28′30″W / 21.214°S 68.475°W / -21.214; -68.475
...by road (mountain pass) is disputed; there are a number of competing claims for this title due to the definition of "motorable pass" (i.e. a surfaced road or one simply passable by a vehicle):
The highest asphalted road crosses Tibet's Semo La pass at 5,565 m (18,258 feet). It is used by trucks and buses regularly.[6] The Ticlio pass, on the Central Road of Peru, is the highest surfaced road in the Americas, at an elevation of 4,818 m (15,807 feet).
The highest unsurfaced road is claimed by several different roads. All are unsurfaced or gravel roads including the barely passable road to Umling La, 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Demchok in Ladakh, India, which reaches 5,800 m (19,029 feet) ("19,300 feet" according to a Border Roads Organisation sign there that recognizes it as the "World's Highest Motorable Pass"),[7] and Mana Pass, between India and Tibet, which is crossed by a gravel road reaching 5,610 m (18,406 feet). The heavily trafficked Khardung La in Ladakh lies at 5,359 m (17,582 feet). A possibly motorable gravel road crosses Marsimik La in Ladakh at 5,582 m (18,314 feet).
...by train is Tanggula Pass, located on the Qinghai–Tibet (Qingzang) Railway in the Tanggula Mountains of Qinghai/Tibet, China, at 5,072 m (16,640 feet). The Tanggula railway station is the world's highest railway station at 5,068 m (16,627 feet). Before the Qingzang Railway was built, the highest railway ran between Lima and Huancayo in Peru, reaching 4,829 m (15,843 feet) at Ticlio.[8]
...by oceangoing vessel is a segment of the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal between the Hilpoltstein and Bachhausen locks in Bavaria, Germany. The locks artificially raise the surface level of the water in the canal to 406 m (1,332 feet) above mean sea level, higher than any other lock system in the world, making it the highest point currently accessible by oceangoing commercial watercraft.
La Rinconada, Peru
The highest commercial airport is Daocheng Yading Airport, Sichuan, China, at 4,411 m (14,472 feet).[9] The proposed Nagqu Dagring Airport in Tibet, China, if built, will be 25 m (82 feet) higher at 4,436 m (14,554 feet).
The highest helipad is Sonam, Siachen Glacier, India, at a height of 6,400 m (20,997 feet) above sea level.[10]
The highest permanent human settlement is La Rinconada, Peru, 5,100 m (16,732 feet), in the Peruvian Andes.
The farthest road from the Earth's center is the Road to Carrel Hut in the Ecuadorian Andes, at an elevation of 4,850 m (15,912 feet) above sea level and a distance of 6,382.9 km (3,966 miles) from the center of the Earth.[11]
Highest geographical features[edit]
The highest volcano is Ojos del Salado on the Argentina–Chile border. It has the highest summit, 6,893 m (22,615 feet), of any volcano on Earth.
The highest natural lake is an unnamed crater lake on Ojos del Salado at 6,390 m (20,965 feet),[12] on the Argentina side. Another candidate is Lhagba Pool on the northeast slopes of Mount Everest, Tibet, China, at an elevation of 6,368 m (20,892 feet).[13]
The highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca, on the border of Bolivia and Peru in the Andes, at 3,812 m (12,507 feet).
The highest glacier is the Khumbu Glacier on the southwest slopes of Mount Everest in Nepal, beginning on the west side of Lhotse at an elevation of 7,600 to 8,000 m (24,900 to 26,200 feet).[14]
The highest river is disputed; one candidate from many possibilities is the Ating Ho, which flows into the Aong Tso (Hagung Tso), a large lake in Tibet, China, and has an elevation of about 6,100 m (20,013 feet) at its source at 32°49′30″N 81°03′45″E / 32.82500°N 81.06250°E / 32.82500; 81.06250 (Ating Ho (source)). A very large and high river is the Yarlung Tsangpo or upper Brahmaputra River in Tibet, China, whose main stem, the Maquan River, has its source at about 6,020 m (19,751 feet) above sea level at 30°48′59″N 82°42′45″E / 30.81639°N 82.71250°E / 30.81639; 82.71250 (Maquan River (source)).[15] Above these elevations, there are no constantly flowing rivers since the temperature is almost always below freezing.
The highest island is one of a number of islands in the Orba Co lake in Tibet, China, at an elevation of 5,209 m (17,090 feet).[16]
Lowest points[edit]
Lowest artificial points[edit]
The lowest point underground ever reached was 12,262 m (40,230 feet) deep (SG-3 at Kola superdeep borehole).
The lowest human-sized point underground is 3,900 m (12,800 feet)[17] below ground at the TauTona Mine, Carletonville, South Africa.
The lowest (from sea level) artificially made point with open sky may be the Hambach surface mine, Germany, which reaches a depth of 293 m (961 feet) below sea level.
The lowest (from surface) artificially made point with open sky may be the Bingham Canyon open-pit mine, Salt Lake City, United States, at a depth of 1,200 m (3,900 feet) below surface level.
The lowest point underwater is the 10,685 m (35,056 feet)-deep (as measured from the subsea wellhead) oil and gas well drilled on the Tiber Oil Field in the Gulf of Mexico. The wellhead of this well was an additional 1,259 m (4,131 feet) underwater for a total distance of 11,944 m (39,186 feet) as measured from sea level.[18]28°44′12″N 88°23′13″W / 28.736667°N 88.386944°W / 28.736667; -88.386944
Lowest natural points[edit]
See also: List of places on land with elevations below sea level
The lowest known point is Challenger Deep, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 11,034 m (36,201 feet) below sea level.[19] Only three humans have reached the bottom of the trench: Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh in 1960 aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, and filmmaker James Cameron in 2012 aboard Deepsea Challenger.
The lowest point underground is more than 2,000 m (6,600 feet) under the Earth's surface. For example, the altitude difference between the entrance and the deepest explored point (the maximum depth) of the Krubera Cave in Georgia is 2,191 ± 20 m (7,188 ± 66 feet). In 2012, Ukrainian cave diver Gennadiy Samokhin reached the lowest point, breaking the world record.[20]
The lowest point on land not covered by liquid water is the valley under the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica, which reaches 2,780 m (9,121 feet) below sea level.[21] It is, however, covered by a thick layer of ice.
The shore of the Dead Sea in Israel
The lowest point on dry land is the shore of the Dead Sea, shared by Jordan, Palestine, and Israel, 418 m (1,371 feet) below sea level.
The point closest to the Earth's center on the Earth's surface (interpreted as a natural surface of the land or sea that is accessible by a person) is the surface of the Arctic Ocean at the Geographic North Pole (6,356.77 km or 3,950 miles).
The closest point on the ground (interpreted as a land surface or sea floor) is the bottom of the Litke Deep, the deepest point of the Arctic Ocean, which is 6,351.61 km (3,947 miles) from the center of the Earth. By comparison, the bottom of the deepest oceanic trench in the world, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, is 14.7 km (9 miles) farther from the center of the Earth.
Lowest points attainable by transportation[edit]
The lowest point accessible...
...by road, excluding roads in mines, is any of the roads beside the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan, which are the lowest on Earth at 418 m (1,371 feet) below sea level.
The lowest undersea road tunnel is the Eiksund Tunnel, Norway, at 287 m (942 feet) below sea level.
...by train, excluding tracks inside South African gold mines, which can be several thousand metres below sea level, is located in Japan's Seikan Tunnel, at 240 m (787 feet) below sea level. By comparison, the Channel Tunnel between England and France reaches a depth of 75 m (246 feet) below sea level. The lowest railway station is Yoshioka-kaitei, at 150 m (492 feet) below sea level. The lowest railway not inside a tunnel is 71 m (233 feet) below sea level, on the line connecting Yuma, Arizona, and Palm Springs, California, in the United States.[8]
The lowest airfield is Bar Yehuda Airfield (MTZ), near Masada, Israel, at 378 m (1,240 feet) below sea level.
The lowest commercial airport is Atyrau Airport (GUW), near Atyrau, Kazakhstan, at 22 m (72 feet) below sea level.
Lowest cities[edit]
Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level.
Remoteness[edit]
Poles of inaccessibility[edit]
Main article: Pole of inaccessibility
Each continent has its own continental pole of inaccessibility, defined as the place on the continent that is farthest from any ocean. Similarly, each ocean has its own oceanic pole of inaccessibility, defined as the place in the ocean that is farthest from any land.
Continental[edit]
The most distant point from an ocean is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility (or "EPIA") 46°17′N 86°40′E / 46.283°N 86.667°E / 46.283; 86.667 (Continental Pole of Inaccessibility), in China's Xinjiang region near the Kazakhstan border. Calculations have suggested that this point, located in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, is 2,645 km (1,644 miles) from the nearest coastline. The nearest settlement to the EPIA is Suluk at 46°15′N 86°50′E / 46.250°N 86.833°E / 46.250; 86.833 (Suluk), about 11 km (6.8 miles) to the east.[citation needed] A recent study suggests that the historical calculation of the EPIA failed to recognize the point where the Gulf of Ob joins the Arctic Ocean, and proposes instead that varying definitions of coastline could result in other locations for the EPIA:
EPIA1, somewhere between 44°17′N 82°11′E / 44.283°N 82.183°E / 44.283; 82.183 (EPIA1.1) and 44°29′N 82°19′E / 44.483°N 82.317°E / 44.483; 82.317 (EPIA1.2), is about 2,510 ± 10 kilometres (1,559.6 ± 6.2 mi) from the nearest ocean.
EPIA2, somewhere between 45°17′N 88°08′E / 45.283°N 88.133°E / 45.283; 88.133 (EPIA2.1) and 45°28′N 88°14′E / 45.467°N 88.233°E / 45.467; 88.233 (EPIA2.2), is about 2,514 ± 7 kilometres (1,562.1 ± 4.3 mi) from the nearest ocean.[22]
If adopted, this would place the final EPIA roughly 130 km (81 miles) closer to the ocean than the point that is currently agreed upon.[22] Coincidentally, EPIA1 (or EPIA2) and the most remote of the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility (specifically, the point in the South Pacific Ocean that is farthest from land) are similarly remote; EPIA1 is less than 200 km (120 miles) closer to the ocean than the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility is to land.
The continental poles of inaccessibility for the other continents are as follows:
Africa: 5°39′N 26°10′E / 5.65°N 26.17°E / 5.65; 26.17 (Continental Pole of Inaccessibility of Africa),[22] close to the tripoint of the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Australia: either 23°2′S 132°10′E / 23.033°S 132.167°E / -23.033; 132.167 (Australian Pole of Inaccessibility),[23] or 23°10′S 132°16′E / 23.17°S 132.27°E / -23.17; 132.27 (Continental Pole of Inaccessibility of Australia),[22] near Papunya, Northern Territory
North America: 43°22′N 101°58′W / 43.36°N 101.97°W / 43.36; -101.97 (Pole of Inaccessibility North America),[22] between Kyle and Allen, South Dakota, United States
South America: 14°03′S 56°51′W / 14.05°S 56.85°W / -14.05; -56.85 (Continental Pole of Inaccessibility in South America),[22] near Arenápolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Oceanic[edit]
The most distant point from land is the Pacific pole of inaccessibility (also called "Point Nemo"), which lies in the South Pacific Ocean at 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W / 48.8767°S 123.3933°W / -48.8767; -123.3933 (Point Nemo), approximately 2,688 km (1,670 mi) from the nearest land (equidistant from Ducie Island in the Pitcairn Islands to the north, Motu Nui off Rapa Nui to the northeast, and Maher Island off Siple Island near Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, to the south).[24]
Other places considered the most remote[edit]
Bouvet Island
The most remote island is Bouvet Island, a small, uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is a dependency of Norway. It lies at coordinates 54°26′S 3°24′E / 54.433°S 3.400°E / -54.433; 3.400 (most remote island). The nearest land is the uninhabited Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, over 1,600 km (994 mi) to the south. The nearest inhabited lands are Tristan da Cunha, 2,260 km (1,404 mi) away, and the coast of South Africa, 2,580 km (1,603 mi) away.
The title for most remote inhabited island or archipelago (the farthest away from any other permanently inhabited place) depends on how the question is interpreted. If the south Atlantic island Tristan da Cunha (population about 300) and its dependency Gough Island (with a small staffed research post), which are 399 km (248 mi) from each other, are considered part of the same archipelago, or if Gough Island is not counted because it has no permanent residents, then Tristan da Cunha is the world's most remote inhabited island/archipelago: the main island, also called Tristan da Cunha, is 2,434 km (1,512 mi) from the island Saint Helena, 2,816 km (1,750 mi) from South Africa, and 3,360 km (2,090 miles) from South America. It is 1,845 km (1,146 mi) away from uninhabited Bouvet Island. However, if Gough and Tristan da Cunha are considered separately, they disqualify each other, and the most remote inhabited island is Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean, which lies 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) from Pitcairn Island (about 50 residents in 2013), 2,606 km (1,619 mi) from Rikitea on the island of Mangareva (the nearest town with a population over 500), and 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi) from the coast of Chile (the nearest continental point). The Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean are another contender, lying 1,340 kilometres (830 mi) from the small Alfred Faure scientific station in Île de la Possession, but otherwise more than 3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi) from the coast of Madagascar (the nearest permanently inhabited place), 450 km (280 mi) northwest of uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and 1,440 km (890 mi) from the non-permanent scientific station located in Île Amsterdam.
The most remote city...
...with a population in excess of one million from the nearest city with a population in excess of one million is Auckland, New Zealand. The nearest city of comparable size or greater is Sydney, Australia, 2,168.9 kilometres (1,347.7 mi) away.[25]
...with a population in excess of one million from the nearest city with a population above 100,000 is Perth, Australia, located 2,138 kilometres (1,328 mi)[26] away from Adelaide, Australia.
...with a population in excess of 100,000 from the nearest city of at least that population is Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The nearest city of comparable size or greater is Daly City, California, a suburb of San Francisco, 3,850 km (2,390 miles) away.[27]
...that is a national capital from the nearest national capital is a tie between Wellington, New Zealand, and Canberra, Australia, which are 2,326 km (1,445 mi) apart from each other.
The most remote airport in the world from another airport is Mataveri International Airport (IPC) on Easter Island, which has a single runway for military and public use. It is located 2,603 km (1,617 mi) from Totegegie Airport (GMR; very few flights) in the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia and 3,759 km (2,336 mi) from Santiago, Chile (SCL; a fairly large airport). In comparison, the airport at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station (NZSP) is not very remote at all, being located only 1,355 kilometres (842 mi) from Williams Field (NZWD) near Ross Island.[28]
Farthest-apart cities[edit]
The pairs of cities (with a population over 100,000) with the greatest distance between them are:[29]
Rosario, Argentina to Xinghua, China: 19,996 km (12,425 mi)[30]
Lu'an, China to Río Cuarto, Argentina: 19,994 km (12,424 mi)[31]
Cuenca, Ecuador to Subang Jaya, Malaysia: 19,989 km (12,421 mi)[32]
Salamanca, Spain to Lower Hutt, New Zealand: 19,961 km (12,403 mi)[33]
Marbella, Spain to Auckland, New Zealand: 19,960 km (12,403 mi)[34]
Center[edit]
Since the Earth is a spheroid, its centre (the core) is thousands of kilometres beneath its crust. On the surface, the center of the standard geographic model as viewed on a traditional world map is the point 0°, 0° (the coordinates of zero degrees latitude by zero degrees longitude), which is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 614 km (382 miles) south of Accra, Ghana, in the Gulf of Guinea, at the intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian. However, the selection for the Prime Meridian as the 0° longitude meridian is culturally and historically dependent and therefore arbitrary.
The center of population, the place to which there is the shortest average route for every individual human being in the world, could also be considered a "center of the world". This point is located in the north of the Indian subcontinent, although the precise location has never been calculated and is constantly shifting due to changes in the distribution of the human population across the planet.
Longest straight lines between two points[edit]
Along constant latitude[edit]
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The longest continuous east-west distance on land is 10,726 km (6,665 miles) along the latitude 48°24'53"N, from the coast of France (48°24′53″N 4°47′44″W / 48.41472°N 4.79556°W / 48.41472; -4.79556) through Central Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, to a point on the east coast of Russia (48°24′53″N 140°6′3″E / 48.41472°N 140.10083°E / 48.41472; 140.10083).
The longest continuous east-west distance on land including permanent ice shelf is 7,958 km (4,945 miles) along the latitude 78°35'S; this is the minimum extent of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica and is subject to change.
The longest continuous east-west distance at sea is 22,471 km (13,963 miles) along the latitude 55°59'S, south of Cape Horn, South America. The longest in the northern hemisphere is 4,435 km (2,756 miles) along the latitude 83°40'N, north of Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland.
The longest continuous east-west distance at sea between two continents is 15,409 km (9,575 miles) along the latitude 18°39'12"N, from the coast of Hainan, China (18°39′12″N 110°15′9″E / 18.65333°N 110.25250°E / 18.65333; 110.25250) across the Pacific Ocean to the coast of Michoacán, Mexico (18°39′12″N 103°42′6″W / 18.65333°N 103.70167°W / 18.65333; -103.70167).
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The longest continuous north-south distance on land is 7,590 km (4,720 miles) 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 / 76.21833°N 99.02500°E / 76.21833; 99.02500), through Mongolia, China, and Myanmar, to a point on the south coast of Thailand (7°53′24″N 99°1′30″E / 7.89000°N 99.02500°E / 7.89000; 99.02500).
The longest in Africa is 7,417 km (4,609 miles) along the meridian 20°12'E, from the north coast of Libya (32°19′0″N 20°12′0″E / 32.31667°N 20.20000°E / 32.31667; 20.20000), through Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, to the south coast of South Africa (34°41′30″N 20°12′0″E / 34.69167°N 20.20000°E / 34.69167; 20.20000).
The longest in South America is 7,098 km (4,410 miles) along the meridian 70°2'W, from the north coast of Venezuela (11°30′30″N 70°2′0″W / 11.50833°N 70.03333°W / 11.50833; -70.03333), through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, to the southern tip of Argentina (52°33′30″S 70°2′0″W / 52.55833°S 70.03333°W / -52.55833; -70.03333).
The longest in North America is 5,813 km (3,612 miles) along the meridian 97°52'30"W, from northern Canada (68°21′0″N 97°52′30″W / 68.35000°N 97.87500°W / 68.35000; -97.87500), through the United States, to southern Mexico (16°1′0″N 97°52′30″W / 16.01667°N 97.87500°W / 16.01667; -97.87500).
The longest continuous north-south distance at sea is 15,986 km (9,933 miles) along the meridian 34°45'45"W, from the coast of Eastern Greenland (66°23′45″N 34°45′45″W / 66.39583°N 34.76250°W / 66.39583; -34.76250) across the Atlantic Ocean to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, on the coast of Antarctica (77°37′0″S 34°45′45″W / 77.61667°S 34.76250°W / -77.61667; -34.76250). The longest in the Pacific Ocean is 15,883 km (9,869 miles) along the meridian 172°8'30"W, from the coast of Siberia (64°45′0″N 172°8′30″W / 64.75000°N 172.14167°W / 64.75000; -172.14167) to the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica (78°20′0″S 172°8′30″W / 78.33333°S 172.14167°W / -78.33333; -172.14167).
The meridian that crosses the greatest total distance on land (disregarding intervening bodies of water) is still to be determined. It is likely located in the vicinity of 22°E, which is the longest integer meridian that fits that criterion, crossing a total of 13,035 km (8,100 miles) of land through Europe (3,370 km (2,090 miles)), Africa (7,458 km (4,634 miles)), and Antarctica (2,207 km (1,371 miles)). More than 65% of the meridian's length is located on land. The meridian that crosses Giza Great Pyramid (31°08'3.69"E) is 855 km (531 miles) shorter.
The next six longest integer meridians by total distance over land are, in order:
23°E: 12,953 km (8,049 miles) through Europe (3,325 km (2,066 miles)), Africa (7,415 km (4,607 miles)), and Antarctica (2,214 km (1,376 miles))
27°E: 12,943 km (8,042 miles) through Europe (3,254 km (2,022 miles)), Asia (246 km (153 miles)), Africa (7,223 km (4,488 miles)), and Antarctica (2,221 km (1,380 miles))
25°E: 12,875 km (8,000 miles) through Europe (3,344 km (2,078 miles)), Africa (7,327 km (4,553 miles)), and Antarctica (2,204 km (1,370 miles))
26°E: 12,858 km (7,990 miles) through Europe (3,404 km (2,115 miles)), Africa (7,258 km (4,510 miles)), and Antarctica (2,196 km (1,365 miles))
24°E: 12,794 km (7,950 miles) through Europe (3,263 km (2,028 miles)), Africa (7,346 km (4,565 miles)), and Antarctica (2,185 km (1,358 miles))
28°E: 12,778 km (7,940 miles) through Europe (3,039 km (1,888 miles)), Asia (388 km (241 miles)), and Africa (7,117 km (4,422 miles))
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These are the longest straight lines that can be drawn between any two points on the surface of the Earth and remain exclusively over land or water; the points need not lie on the same latitude or longitude.
The longest continuous straight-line distance in any direction on land is 13,573 km (8,434 miles), along a line that begins on the West African coast near Greenville, Liberia (5°2′51.59″N 9°7′23.26″W / 5.0476639°N 9.1231278°W / 5.0476639; -9.1231278), goes across the Suez Canal, and ends at the top of a peninsula approximately 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Wenzhou, China 28°17′7.68″N 121°38′17.31″E / 28.2854667°N 121.6381417°E / 28.2854667; 121.6381417.[35]
The longest continuous straight-line land distance solely within continental Africa is 8,402 km (5,221 miles), along a line that begins just east of Tangier, Morocco and ends 100 km (62 miles) east of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. This line passes through Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
The longest continuous straight-line land distance solely within continental Asia is 10,152 km (6,308 miles), along a line that begins on the Indian coast near Kanyakumari and ends at the Bering Sea coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia. This line passes through India, Nepal, China, Mongolia and Russia.
The longest continuous straight-line land distance solely within continental Europe (defining the Ural Mountains as the border between Europe and Asia) is 5,325 km (3,309 miles), along a line that begins at Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and ends at the Urals, near the town of Perm, Russia. This line passes through Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.
The longest continuous straight-line land distance solely within continental Australia is 4,053 km (2,518 miles), along a line that begins at the southern end of Cape Range National Park in Western Australia and ends at the town of Byron Bay in New South Wales.
There are several possible candidates for the longest continuous straight-line distance in any direction at sea, as there are many possible ways to travel along a great circle for more than the antipodic[disambiguation needed] length of 19,840 km (12,330 miles). Some good examples of such routes would be:
From the south coast of Balochistan province somewhere near Port of Karachi, Pakistan (25°25′N 66°25′E / 25.417°N 66.417°E / 25.417; 66.417) across the Arabian Sea, southwest through the Indian Ocean, near Comoros, passing Namaete Canyon, near the South African coast, across the South Atlantic Ocean, then west across Cape Horn, then northwest across the Pacific Ocean, near Easter Island, passing the antipodal point near Amlia island, through the South Bering Sea and ending somewhere on the northeast coast of Kamchatka, near Ossora (59°38′N 163°24′E / 59.633°N 163.400°E / 59.633; 163.400). This route is 32,040 km (19,910 miles) long.[36]
From the south coast of Hormozgan province, Iran (25°35′N 58°22′E / 25.583°N 58.367°E / 25.583; 58.367) across the Gulf of Oman, southeast across the Arabian Sea, passing south of Australia and New Zealand, near the Antarctic coast, then northeast across the South Pacific Ocean, passing the antipodal point and ending on the southwest coast of Mexico somewhere near Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (17°57′N 101°57′W / 17.950°N 101.950°W / 17.950; -101.950). This route is 25,267 km (15,700 miles) long.[37]
From Invercargill, New Zealand (46°37′S 168°59′E / 46.617°S 168.983°E / -46.617; 168.983) across Cape Horn, then off the coast of Brazil close to Recife, passing north of Cape Verde, passing the antipodal point and ending somewhere on the southwest coast of Ireland (52°09′N 6°34′W / 52.150°N 6.567°W / 52.150; -6.567). This route is 20,701 km (12,863 miles) long.[38]
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Extreme points of the Americas portal
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Jump up ^ A 1995 realignment of the International Date Line moved all of Kiribati to the Asian side of the Date Line, causing Caroline Island to be the easternmost. However, if the previous Date Line were followed, the easternmost point would be Tafahi Niuatoputapu, in the Tonga Islands chain.
Jump up ^ The elevation given here was established by a GPS survey in February 2016. The survey was carried out by a team from the French Research Institute for Development, working in cooperation with the Ecuadorian Military Geographic Institute.[4]
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Jump up ^ "What's the Farthest City and Country from Liu'an, Anhui, China?". furthestcity.com.
Jump up ^ "What's the Farthest City and Country from Cuenca, Ecuador?". furthestcity.com.
Jump up ^ "What's the Farthest City and Country from Salamanca, Spain?". furthestcity.com.
Jump up ^ "What's the Farthest City and Country from Marbella, Spain?". furthestcity.com.
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