A few bits of geography that might surprise you: 1. Rome is further north than NYC 2. Portland, OR is north of Montréal 3. Boston is west of Santiago, Chile 4. Havana is north of Hong Kong 5. Seattle is south of Paris 6. Cairns is closer to the equator than Jamaica or Antigua
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Pittsburgh is east of Miami.
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Also Perth is west of Beijing.
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I would have expected Perth to be west of Beijing. I think the thing that surprises people is that Australia and New Zealand are further *east* than they expect... but they're not *that* far east.
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People always seem surprised that NZ is only 3 hours away from California in time zones (during the summer).
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Replying to @rocallahan @khuey_
Yes! That's because they're surprised it's so far east. (Though it's still 4 hours of timezones west of California, it's just summer time changes it to 3 or 5 most of the year.) See also the "Santiago is east of Boston" one above!

Jan 2, 2021 · 2:02 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @rocallahan
Ok, perhaps it's "Perth is west of Beijing but Melbourne is east of Japan". I don't think most people appreciate how big Australia is.
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Beijing and Tokyo aren't that far apart. I think it may surprise people (Americans and Canadians, anyway) more how tall Australia is than how wide is is.
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