What points are there on the earth that I can go one mile south, one
mile west, and one mile north and end up at the same point?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 05 Oct 2005 10:04 PDT

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Rainbow

The north pole, hardly an IQ question, I learned the answer in the fifth grade.

Dude, as it turns out, it's not JUST the north pole. You can find
points near the south pole as well.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=431559

Geez, thanks Agrainof-, several choices of circles around the pole
that would let me returning to my starting point.  I have forgotten
when I learned about that  - obviously.

Rracecarr-ga, I am intrigued by your new name.  Did you suddently
discover your Scottish ancestry?

Myoarin

Actually, it's valid just ate the North Pole.

It's hard to travel the 1 mile south when starting at the south pole.

Paul the Pedant.

not exactly Paul, like agrainofsand said "points near the south pole".
For instance if you are 1 mile north of the south pole it would apply.

Eli

Well, a little more that one mile north of the south pole:  Starting
far enough so that the remaining distance to the pole was the radius
of a circle with the circumference of one mile;  or of half, 1/3 ...
of a mile.  Spinning on one's axis at the pole probably doesn't count,
but by pure geometry, there could be a very great if not an infinite
number of solutions                                            .
Myoarin