Halfway between Los Angeles and Seoul
The midpoint of the shortest route between Los Angeles and Seoul is over the Bering Sea.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 53.226° N 173.645° W
- Great-circle distance
- 9,586km
- 5,956 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 11h 47min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 314°
- from Los Angeles, true north
- Nearest large city
- Anchorage
- United States · 1,669 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
1,941km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 1,941 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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