Halfway between London and Sydney
The midpoint of the shortest route between London and Sydney is in China.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 28.675° N 104.802° E
- Great-circle distance
- 16,994km
- 10,560 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 20h 30min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 61°
- from London, true north
- Nearest large city
- Yibin
- China · 18 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
3,551km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 3,551 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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