Halfway between Dubai and Sydney
The midpoint of the shortest route between Dubai and Sydney is over the Indian Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 6.452° S 100.512° E
- Great-circle distance
- 12,049km
- 7,487 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 14h 41min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 120°
- from Dubai, true north
- Nearest large city
- Bengkulu
- Indonesia · 353 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
343km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 343 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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