Halfway between Hong Kong and San Francisco
The midpoint of the shortest route between Hong Kong and San Francisco is over the North Pacific Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 50.369° N 167.583° E
- Great-circle distance
- 11,096km
- 6,895 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 13h 33min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 42°
- from Hong Kong, true north
- Nearest large city
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Russia · 683 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
2,331km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 2,331 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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