The Northernmost and Southernmost Points of a Great Circle
If you travel from Amsterdam (P1 in Figure 1) to San Francisco (P2) or the other way around, then you first go towards the north for a while, and then towards the south for a while. All great circles except for the equator have a northernmost point (PN) and a southernmost point (PS). You can calculate them as follows. |
| Fig. 1: Northernmost and Southernmost Point on a Great Circle |
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