Personal Geographic Extremes List

This is my ongoing list of Geographic “Extremes” from my life.

  • North to South total excursion: 48 degrees
  • West to East total excursion: 141 degrees
  • Top to Bottom (on land): 16,046 feet

Here’s a map of all of them (click on the map to go to Google Maps)

North – 66.56 degrees

Orbit et Globus, Grimsey Island, Iceland. April 2017 66.56475690867973, -18.018584640988177
Orbit et Globus, Grimsey Island, Iceland. April 2019; 66.56475690867973, -18.018584640988177
Orbit et Globus, Grimsey Island, Iceland. April 2017 66.56475690867973, -18.018584640988177
Orbit et Globus, Grimsey Island, Iceland. April 2019; 66.56475690867973, -18.018584640988177
If we count flying (we do), here we were somewhere north of 68 degrees, over Nunavut, Canada April 2019 on Iceland Air

South: 18.91 degrees

Ka Lae (South Point) Hawaii 18.910670, -155.680732
Ka Lae (South Point) Hawaii October 2008: 18.910670, -155.680732

East: -16.85 degrees

Myvatn Hot Springs, Iceland
Myvatn Hot Springs, Iceland 16.848528 degrees

West: -158.28 degrees

Ka'ena Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 21.575130439987884, -158.28174971943767
Ka’ena Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 2007, 21.575130439987884, -158.28174971943767

High: 14,460 feet ASL

Mount Elbert, Colorado, 14,460 feet, solo. Personal highpoint

Deep: – 1586 feet below the entrance

Virgil The Turtle's Greathouse Cave, Montana. 1586 feet below the entrance. 2007
Virgil The Turtle’s Greathouse Cave, Montana. 1586 feet below the entrance. 2007

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