User talk:Gadfium
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- Good to see you here, Gadfium. Thanks for meeting with a sadly missed "mutual friend" a long time ago at AKL! --W. Franke-mailtalk 22:33, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Remoteness of Auckland[edit]
I also thought Perth was the most isolated major city. However, I came across the fact that Auckland holds that distinction while browsing Wikipedia and decided it was worth mentioning. To quote Wikipedia (w:Extreme points of Earth#Remoteness):
- The most remote city with a population in excess of one million is Auckland, New Zealand. The nearest city of comparable size or greater is Sydney, Australia, 2,168.9 kilometres (1,347.7 mi) away. Coming in a close second at 2,139 kilometres (air travel distance) is Perth, Australia. Its nearest city of at least one million population is Adelaide, Australia.
The reason Perth is more known/notable is that its isolation is over land, while Auckland is isolated by water. AHeneen (talk) 04:11, 24 April 2013 (UTC)