Halfway between Lima and Madrid
The midpoint of the shortest route between Lima and Madrid is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 17.421° N 45.669° W
- Great-circle distance
- 9,510km
- 5,909 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 11h 41min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 47°
- from Lima, true north
- Nearest large city
- Paramaribo
- Suriname · 1,648 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
591km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 591 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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