As a geographer, I enjoy being aware of the scope and variety of places I’ve been on this wonderful planet. This page contains some personal statistics I find interesting.
(5.941° N 80.462° E). At one point, this was the furthest south I’d been.
Points of Interest
- furthest south
- 21.2723° S 159.7524° W (google maps)
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- March 2020
- furthest north
- 51.8893° N 4.636° E (google maps)
- Kinderdijk, Netherlands
- August 2019
- closest to equator
- 3.5106° N 72.9112° E (google maps)
- Dhigurah, Maldives
- perhaps got even closer on dive trips
- May 2016
- highest elevation
- Wheeler Peak, Nevada, USA: 3,982 m / 13,065 ft
- August 4, 2020
- Previously:
Aiguille du Midi, France: 3,842 m / 12,604 ft(cable car)Mount Nebo, Utah, USA: 3,635 m / 11,928 ft(hiking)
- Wheeler Peak, Nevada, USA: 3,982 m / 13,065 ft
Countries Visited
- USA
- Canada
- France
- Italy
- Guatemala
- Greece
- Turkey
- Germany
- Cambodia
- Taiwan
- Panama
- Costa Rica
- Switzerland
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Maldives
- Spain
- Portugal
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Austria
- Liechtenstein
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Cook Islands
- Croatia
Other
- Longest single stretch at sea: 16 days
- Fog of World statistics (it’s a really cool app; worth the money, in my opinion)
- World Percent Explored: 0.000033585141961%
- As of July 21, 2024
- Recording since ~spring 2019
Possible future additions to this page
- State & county high points
- Lowest elevation
- Add years visited to country list
- US states visited
- Map view(s) of visited places
- Longest flight & other air travel stats
- Eclipses seen
- Other fun geographic stats
- longest hike (in one day and total)
- largest altitude differential on a hike