Halfway between Bangkok and Sydney
The midpoint of the shortest route between Bangkok and Sydney is over the Indian Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 11.094° S 123.731° E
- Great-circle distance
- 7,537km
- 4,683 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 9h 22min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 136°
- from Bangkok, true north
- Nearest large city
- Kupang
- Indonesia · 104 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
232km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 232 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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