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Travel records[edit]
(Idea purloined from User:ThunderingTyphoons! who shamelessly stole it from Andrewssi2)
| My records | Place | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| Northernmost |  Akureyri |
65.74° N |
| Southernmost |  Great Otway National Park |
38.81° S |
| Easternmost | Bondi |
151.28° E |
| Westernmost | Reykjavík |
59.50° W |
| Closest to the equator |  Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi Changi AIrport, Singapore(Crossed equator by sea and by air) |
1.32° S 1.34° N . |
| Closest to the Tropic of Cancer |  Tanezrouft - 160 km North of Bidon V |
0 km (0 mi) |
| Closest to the Tropic of Capricorn |  30 km North of Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) |
0 km (0 mi) |
| Highest | Belfast_(Mpumalanga) |
1,950 m (6,400 ft) above sea level |
| Lowest | — ERPM Gold Mine |
3,200 m (10,500 ft) below ground level / 1,600 m (5,200 ft) below sea level |
| Furthest inland | Bordj Moktar |
1,600 km (990 mi) from Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
| Longest flight |  Heathrow Airport (LHR IATA) — Singapore (SGP IATA) - Sydney Airport (SYD IATA) — Heathrow Airport (LHR IATA) |
10,877 km (6,759 mi) (Single sector) 17,018 km (10,574 mi) (Multiple sectors) |
| Longest sea voyage | Southampton — Durban |
12,765 km (7,932 mi) |
| Longest rail journey | Cape Town — Johannesburg Colenso — Cape Town |
1,397 km (868 mi) 55 hrs |
| Longest road journey |  Accra —  Tunis |
4,500 km (2,800 mi) |
| Longest border crossing |  Tessalit / Bordj Moktar |
24 hrs / 120 km (75 mi) |
| Age first border crossing | Harwich -  Hoek of Holland |
about 8 weeks (less than 7weeks 2 days) |