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Greenland Is Farther East, West, North, And South Than Iceland

March 3, 2023 5 Comments

Greenland Is Farther East, West, North, And South Than Iceland

Full credit goes to Reddit user etymologynerd

The map above shows an somewhat interesting geographical fact: Greenland is farther east, west, north, and south than Iceland.

However, Iceland does have almost 6 times the population of Greenland (334,252 vs 56,186).

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  • An African in Greenland
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Comments

  1. David Rowat says

    January 30, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    That looks like a Mercator projection. If you look at a globe, you will see that Iceland is just barely further east than Greenland.

    Reply
    • PATRICK RUSHTON says

      December 3, 2019 at 4:04 pm

      It would be nice to see the lines drawn so they were following great circle paths for a more accurate representation.

      Reply
    • Dude says

      August 27, 2020 at 8:40 am

      Mercator preserves longitude. Only latitude experiences warping. So yes greenland on a globe is still further east than Iceland. And considering that point of Greenland is very close to the pole, using a Mercator projection just makes it easier to see.

      Reply
  2. francis eauze says

    May 30, 2018 at 8:58 am

    Another “interesting” fact: Edinburgh is actually west of Cardiff.

    Compare Cardiff Central Railway Station (Caerdydd Canolog) to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, both of which lie in a very central position in each city, and note their coordinates:

    Cardiff – 51.4755°N, 3.1780°W; Edinburgh – 55.9521°N, 3.1893°W.

    i.e. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

    Reply
    • Jonas Alsayeed says

      April 29, 2021 at 1:16 am

      Why decide to put the Welsh translation for one but not the Gaelic for the other?

      Reply

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