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Q: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C. ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
Category: Sports and Recreation > Travel
Asked by: mrfrog-ga
List Price: $15.00
Posted: 30 Jan 2004 11:34 PST
Expires: 29 Feb 2004 11:34 PST
Question ID: 301865
I need the following distances:

West tip of Cuba to eastern end of Pananama Canal
Western end of Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands to Hawaii (Big Island)
Hawaii to Vancouver, BC

Great circle or rhumbline distances fine (please note which, or even
better, provide both! :-)
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Subject: Re: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 30 Jan 2004 13:25 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi there,

The figures are great circle (geodesic distance), and come from How
Far Is It, a free service from Bali Online that uses a program from
the U.S. Geological Survey.

How Far Is It
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=&place2=&x=39&y=9

Distance Calculation
http://www.indo.com/distance/distance-details.html

I looked up latitudes and longitudes from my copy of The Times Concise
Atlas of the World.



West tip of Cuba to eastern end of Pananama Canal
-------------------------------------------------
West tip of Cuba 21:48:00N 84.57:00W
Eastern end of Pananama Canal (Colon) 9:22:00N 79:54:00W
Distance: 910 miles (1464 km) (790 nautical miles)
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=21%3A48%3A00N+84.57%3A00W&place2=colon%2C+panama


Western end of Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands
----------------------------------------------------
Western end of Panama Canal (Balboa) 8:55:00N 79:36:00W
Galapagos Islands 0:00N 90:30W 
Distance: 969 miles (1560 km) (842 nautical miles)
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist/place1=@173722?place2=0%3A00%3A00N+90%3A30%3A00W+
 

Galapagos Islands to Hawaii (Big Island)
----------------------------------------
Galapagos Islands 0:00N 90:30W 
Hawaii Big Island (Hilo) 19:41:46N 155:05:15W
Distance: 4575 miles (7363 km) (3976 nautical miles)
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist/place1=0:00:00N+90:30:00W?place2=hilo%2C+hawaii


Hawaii to Vancouver, BC
-----------------------
Hawaii Big Island (Hilo) 19:41:46N 155:05:15W
Vancouver 49:15:00N 123:04:48W
Distance: 2698 miles (4342 km) (2344 nautical miles) 
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=hilo%2C+hawaii&place2=vancouver%2C+canada


Total
-----
9152 miles / 14729 km / 7952 nautical miles


Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga
mrfrog-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $2.00
Great! Thanks for the prompt answer. If you happen to know a site
where I can get lats/lons of other places, that would be very handy
(no atlas handy).

Comments  
Subject: Re: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
From: robertskelton-ga on 30 Jan 2004 14:29 PST
 
I have made a page of the best geographical sites and services I have
found, you might find it of use:

SearchEngineZ: Geographic Search Tools
http://searchenginez.com/zipcodefinder.html

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