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What Country Is Across From You, If You’re On A Beach In Britain or Ireland

January 7, 2015 2 Comments

Across the shores from Britain

Map by reddit user TheWinterKing

Inspired by the popular map of Which Countries Are Due East And West Of The Americas, this version looks at the same for British Isles (UK + Ireland), with North and South added in too.

Canada dominates most of the west. Morocco, Portugal, Spain and France can be found due south. France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway are due East.

While the map shows Russia as being the only thing north, it should also include Faroes (Denmark) and Jan Mayen (Norway) as pointed out by reddit user Gabberulf.

And for you geography nerds this map is based on cardinal directions only, not line of sight.

However, if you did use a rhumb line (aka a path with constant bearing) you could sail in a straight line from Cornwall to Cuba (see map below). Something to think bout while you enjoy winter in the British Isles.

Great Britain to Cuba

Google Map created by reddit user _bar

Want to learn more? Then have a look at:

  • Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection
  • Sea Charts of the British Isles: A Voyage of Discovery Around Britain & Ireland’s Coastline
  • Britain and Ireland: A Visual Tour of the Enchanted Isles
  • The Routledge Atlas of British History (Routledge Historical Atlases)

Have any thoughts on this map? Let us know below:

Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: directions, interesting

Comments

  1. Kmg729 says

    January 24, 2021 at 4:20 pm

    Terribly wrong map, probably done by somebody who doesn’t know what a ‘normal’ is.

    Reply
  2. Ken says

    March 19, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    The Faroe Islands are north of Scotland.

    Reply

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