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Looking at the BBC weather map one night i was shocked to see that Norwich is north of Birmingham 
Had always thought of Norwich as being part of the South East . Had spoken to people who lived in Norwich and worked in London , and they made out it was quite normal to do so. Birmingham i considered the start of The North and could not imagine anyone living there and working in London.
Reykjavik is nearer to New York City than it is to Moscow
This surprised me as i considered Iceland is basically Scandinavia .
Scandinavia is the part of europe nearest to North West Russia.
Moscow is sort of North West Russia.
Had always thought of Norwich as being part of the South East . Had spoken to people who lived in Norwich and worked in London , and they made out it was quite normal to do so. Birmingham i considered the start of The North and could not imagine anyone living there and working in London.
Reykjavik is nearer to New York City than it is to Moscow
This surprised me as i considered Iceland is basically Scandinavia .
Scandinavia is the part of europe nearest to North West Russia.
Moscow is sort of North West Russia.
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Pub quiz question: which is further East, Helsinki or Athens?
Some are surprised that the answer is Helsinki. |
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Pub quiz question: which is further East, Helsinki or Athens?
Some are surprised that the answer is Helsinki. |
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Dundee is further West than Bristol
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Uk is mich bigger than i used to think it was.
If you drive from lands end to john o'groats and back again then thats further than driving from UK to Greece |
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Easier drive though
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Not if you use the M6.
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It's not all that far to Tipperary but the road is winding which makes it feel like a long way.
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i mentioned once before on here that North Norfolk ( southern England) is furtehr north than south Cheshire (North of England)
It's part due to the sloping nature of the country . Hence aslo the Dundee /Bristol position. Btw - this isn't considered Geography - at least the education system doesn't see it so - Geography is all about spending 2 years studying rock formations , glaciers and inner city housing . |
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yeah- exactly
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and answering the Q,
the only thing that surprised me was (when i was around 14 ) to learn that the far north of Spain is nearer to England than to parts of southern Spain . |
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Greenland always looks massive on a world map but a bit of a fallacy due to its shape and position
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you can sail in a straight line from pakistan to russia
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I grew up in Essex on the side of the terminal morraine of the last glacial advance. Land sloped up to the south. Although, as a kid I assumed upslope meant north. Took me years to overcome that thinking.
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The map of the world distorts countries sizes, video is interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=241&v=lPNrtjboISg |
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Lands End is not the Southernmost point of the U.K. That belongs to St. Agnes on the Isles of Scilly on which most of the freehold land is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. A good little earner for Charlie!
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Lands End is not even the southernmost point on the mainland. That would be Lizard Point.
My bit of trivia... Alaska is the furthest north, furthest west and furthest east of all the US states. |
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The size of the State of Florida
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Miami to Jacksonville 350 Miles
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John O'Groats is not the most Northern point in the UK. It's Dunnet Head further West along the coast.
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Florida only the 22nd largest state too.
Another yank 'un. There are four Great Lakes, not five. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are actually one lake. |
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Jeeze its hard to believe how big the USA is
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Countries coloured pink on a map indicating they were part of the British Empire were not always delighted to be such.
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Travelling south from Detroit what's the first country you pass through?
Thought it was Mexico but its Canada. |
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Maybe they should have been Tickled Pink..
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The Faroe Islands are under the jurisdiction of Denmark - I always thought it was Egypt
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Krakatoa is not East of Java.
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Not really a geographical fact so much as a mathematical one:
The last hurricane dropped a million tonnes of rain per square mile over Houston. |
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Travelling south from Detroit what's the first country you pass through?
Thought it was Mexico but its Canada. ___________ also not many folk would think of Canada as far south as Barcelona lol |
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Russia and Alaska are only a few miles apart at their closest points.
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tobermory 10 Sep 17 02:05
' .... Birmingham i considered the start of The North and could not imagine anyone living there and working in London. -------------------- No wonder you were bemused by many other locations. "Birmingham," is the heart of the Midlands - Nowhere near, "the North." ...... Thankfully. |
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I have never been able to make peace with 3 things. I always thought North Korea was in the south of South Korea, NZ was in the west of Aus and Spain was connected to UK in the South West. I still imagine them wrong, unless im looking at a map.
Other than that, I was suprised at the size of Finland and Sweden the first time i saw it on the map. Also surprised that there is a small country inside South Africa. |
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Wastern Australia in 4 times the size of Texas, with fewer people than Essex.
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Australia is a southern hemisphere version of Essex lol
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Extra-geographical, but mind-blowing trivia fact
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. |
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I grew up in Essex on the side of the terminal morraine of the last glacial advance. Land sloped up to the south. Although, as a kid I assumed upslope meant north. Took me years to overcome that thinking.
Hey pxb. This is really interesting. You've got to be talking about Harwich/Manningtree vicinity. Am i correct? Cheers |
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I once had a pub quiz question, which two of the UK's four national capitals are on the same line of longitude?
The answer surprised me. |
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The most westerly point of the US is not Hawaii - its in Alaska.
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The distance between Perth and Sydney in Australia is approx 800 Kilometres farther than the distance between London and Moscow (3295km v 2503km)
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