Halfway between Auckland and London
The midpoint of the shortest route between Auckland and London is over the Sea of Okhotsk.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 44.131° N 157.670° E
- Great-circle distance
- 18,336km
- 11,393 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 22h 04min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 348°
- from Auckland, true north
- Nearest large city
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Russia · 994 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
7,652km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 7,652 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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