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| Australia is wider than the Moon | Australia width: ≈4,000 km Moon diameter: 3,746 km |
| The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is west of the Pacific entrance | Atlantic entrance: 79·92W Pacific entrance: 79·56W |
| The north of Antarctica is closer to the equator than Reykjavik is | North tip Antarctic Peninsula: 63·2S Reykjavik, Iceland: 64·1N |
| Bordeaux is north of Toronto | Bordeaux, France: 44·9N Toronto, Canada: 43·8N |
| Anchorage is closer to Reykjavik than to Atlanta, and closer to Tokyo than to Halifax | Anchorage, Alaska, USA ⇌ : Reykjavik, Iceland: 5,442 km Atlanta, Georgia, USA: 5,484 km Tokyo, Japan: 5,575 km Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: 5,617 km |
| Edinburgh is west of Cardiff | Edinburgh, Scotland: 3·19W Cardiff, Wales: 3·17W |
| Cape Town is closer to Perth than to New Delhi | Cape Town, South Africa ⇌ : Perth, Australia: 8,723 km New Delhi, India: 9,287 km |
| Crete is south of Algiers | Heraklion, Crete, Greece: 35·3N Algiers, Algeria: 36·7N |
| Marseille is east of Bergen | Marseille, France: 5·37E Bergen, Norway: 5·33E |
| The nearest railway station to Shetland is in Norway | Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland ⇌ : Wick or Thurso (nearest stations in Scotland): 220 km Bergen, Norway: 200 km |
| South America is east of Tampa | Western extreme of continental South America: 81·2W Tampa, Florida, USA: 82·5W |
| Oslo is closer to Paris than to the northern tip of Norway | Oslo, Norway ⇌ : Paris, France: 1,344 km North Cape, Norway: 1,422 km |
| Hawaii is south of Cuba | Honolulu, Hawaii: 21·3N Havana, Cuba: 23·1N |
| The most northerly, easterly & westerly points in the USA are all in the same state | Point Barrow AK: 71·4N Semisopochnoi Island AK: 179·6E Tanaga Island AK: 177·9W |
| Greenland extends beyond Iceland in all four directions c/o Andy the Viking |
Limits N | E | S | W: Greenland: 83·7N|11·3W|60·1N|73·1W Iceland: 67·1N|13·6W|63·3N|24·5W |