Great Circles and Key Point Locations

Key Features List

1. West Australia Coast
2. East Australia Coast
3. New Zealand, South Island
4. Cape York Peninsula, Australia
5. Japan, North Islands
6. Kamchatka Peninsula

7. New Zealand North Islands
8. NE Australia Coast (600 Fathoms)
9. NE New Guinea Coast
10. Japan South Islands
11. Philippine Trench
12. South China Coast
13. Hawaiian Island Chain

14. Yucatan Peninsula, East Coast
15. Nicaragua, East Coast (1000 Fathoms)
16. South America, NW Coast
17. Windward Islands, Caribbean
(Blue Also)
18. Spain-France Bay Split (1000 Fathoms)
19. Italy, Peninsula
20. Red Sea
21. Persian Gulf
22. India, West Coast (1000 Fathoms)
23. Burma/Thailand
24. Antarctic Peninsula
(Blue Also)
25. Chilean Coast

26. Nazca Peru
27. Gulf of California
28. Florida West Coast (1000 Fathoms)
29. Florida West Coast
30. Hudson Bay/ James Bay

31. Atlas Mountains, Morocco
32. Emperor Seamount Chain, Hotspots
33. NW Marshall Island Chain— Hotspots
34. NW Louisville Island Chain— Hotspots
35. NW Tuamotu Archipelago – Hotspots
36. Cape Horn to St. George Islands
37. Antarctic Peninsula to South Orkney Islands
38. India, SE Coast
39. Mozambique Coast
40. Kenya / Somalia Coast
41. Oman Coast
42. Persian Gulf / Red Sea Straits
43. Spain West Coast
44. South Africa (1000 Fathoms)

45. Namibia Coast (1000 Fathoms)
46. Angola / Gabon Coast

47. NW Madagascar Coast
48. Tuamotu Chain— East
49. Austral Cook Chain – East

Color Legend

 
Red: Connects Greenland and Australia Pts.
 
 
Blue: Connects Taiwan and South America Pts.
 
Green: Connects to South Atlantic Pt.

 

Key Point Location

Australia Point: 61.5° S. Lat., 122° E. Long.
Greenland Point: 61.5° N. Lat., 58° W. Long.

Taiwan Point: 23.5°N. Lat., 118.5° E. Long.
South America Pt: 23.5° S. Lat., 61.5° W. Long.

South Atlantic Pt: 43° S. Lat., 14° W. Long.

 

 

 

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