Halfway between Melbourne and Singapore
The midpoint of the shortest route between Melbourne and Singapore is in Australia.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 19.364° S 121.873° E
- Great-circle distance
- 6,063km
- 3,767 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 7h 38min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 306°
- from Melbourne, true north
- Nearest large city
- Kupang
- Indonesia · 1,039 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
264km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 264 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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