Halfway between Santiago and Sydney
The midpoint of the shortest route between Santiago and Sydney is over the Southern Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 61.777° S 139.365° W
- Great-circle distance
- 11,346km
- 7,050 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 13h 51min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 215°
- from Santiago, true north
- Nearest large city
- Dunedin
- New Zealand · 3,612 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
3,127km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 3,127 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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