Monday, May 9, 2011

Finding your way across the Pacific

This is for Rebecca, Darren's daughter, who asked, "Wow, 2622 to go... Is this until Tahiti or Australia?.... That's a long way... Ahhh I miss Dad! "

You can find the exact location for any point on Earth at http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/

You can find the "great circle" distance between any two points using the Coordinate Distance Calculator at http://boulter.com/gps/distance/

So, it turns out to be:
3021 miles from Cabo San Lucas to Nuku Hiva,
then 884 miles to Papeete, Tahiti,
then 4250 MORE miles to Cairns, Queensland, Australia

1 comment:

  1. Thankyou so much Arlete. That is a LONG way! I'm not going to feel as good when Dick leaves them in Tahiti... I wonder how they are all getting along you would think they are getting sick of each other already!!

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