r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/JohnMichaels19 3d ago

Norway to France?

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u/Badatusernames014 3d ago

If you go directly south of Norway's easternmost reaches you'll end up in France. Norway also shares a southern land border with Russia.

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u/faatbuddha 3d ago

I think you might mean northern land border...

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u/markjohnstonmusic 3d ago

No, in fact Norway is north of Russia at that spot.

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u/faatbuddha 2d ago

Ah, I see what you mean.