Halfway between London and Toronto
The midpoint of the shortest route between London and Toronto is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 54.809° N 43.317° W
- Great-circle distance
- 5,712km
- 3,549 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 7h 13min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 294°
- from London, true north
- Nearest large city
- Sydney
- Canada · 1,528 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
825km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 825 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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