Halfway between New Delhi and San Francisco
The midpoint of the shortest route between New Delhi and San Francisco is over the Arctic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 74.768° N 140.544° E
- Great-circle distance
- 12,356km
- 7,678 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 15h 02min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 17°
- from New Delhi, true north
- Nearest large city
- Yakutsk
- Russia · 1,478 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
4,700km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 4,700 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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