For the geological centre of the planet, see Earth's inner core.
The geographical centre of Earth is the geometric centre of all land surfaces on Earth. Geometrically defined it is the centroid of all land surfaces within the two dimensions of the Geoid surface which approximates the Earth's outer shape. The term centre of minimum distance[1] specifies the concept more precisely as the domain is the sphere surface without boundary and not the three-dimensional body.
Explained in a different way, it is the location on the surface of Earth where the sum of distances to all locations on land is the smallest. Assuming an airplane with infinite energy and resources, if one were to fly from one start location to any location on land and back again, and repeat this from the same start location to all possible destinations, the starting location where the total travel distance is the smallest would be the geographical centre of Earth.
Its distance definition follows the shortest path on the surface of Earth along the great circle (orthodrome).
^"Geo mid point: Calculation Methods". 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
and 27 Related for: Geographical centre of Earth information
Geographyof Europe Extreme points of the European Union GeographicalcentreofEarth Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geographicalcentreof Europe...
the largest possible area of water, including most of the Indian, Atlantic, and Southern Oceans. Earth'sgeographicalcentre Global North and Global South...
center. Center of the universe (disambiguation) Cosmic microwave background Earth's inner core Galactic Center GeographicalcentreofEarth Great Attractor...
Eurocentric origin, these regions are still located to the east of the GeographicalcentreofEarth. Within an individual city within the Northern Hemisphere, the...
on Earth that hold geographical records or are otherwise known for their geophysical or meteorological superlatives. All of these locations are Earth-wide...
Almost all ofEarth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% ofEarth's crust. The remaining 29.2% ofEarth's crust is land, most of which...
'the center of the universe' or that 'the universe revolves around them' Earth's inner core Galactic Center GeographicalcentreofEarth Great Attractor...
Alphonse Berget's estimates of the land area in each continent in the land and water hemispheres. GeographicalcentreofEarth Ocean world Boggs, Samuel...
coordinates) This list of impact structures on Earth contains a selection of the 190 confirmed craters given in the Earth Impact Database as of 2017. To keep the...
Terminus. Center of the universe Earth's inner core Galactic Center GeographicalcentreofEarth Great Attractor History of the center of the Universe Sun...
month). Earth and the Moon orbit about their barycentre (common centreof mass), which lies about 4,670 km (2,900 mi) from Earth'scentre (about 73% of its...
Earth is an archaic and scientifically disproven conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth...
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface ofEarth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered...
flag ofEarth is a concept of a possible flag design meant to symbolize the planet Earth, humankind, or a possible world government. "Citizen of the World...
The internal structure ofEarth is the layers of the Earth, excluding its atmosphere and hydrosphere. The structure consists of an outer silicate solid...
continent of Australia to form the geographical region Oceania. In geology, a continent is defined as "one ofEarth's major landmasses, including both dry...
In geography, the antipode (/ˈæntɪˌpoʊd, ænˈtɪpədi/) of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it. A pair of points...
global average of the Earth's surface curvature is called the mean Earth Ellipsoid. It refers to a theoretical coherence between the geographic latitude and...
spacecraft beyond Earth's orbit. List of notable images ofEarth from space Aerial photography – Taking images of the ground from the air Earth observation –...
provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study ofEarth and its people. an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to...
as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side ofEarth from the...
Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter ofEarth. Over time Earth's gravity...
permanent settlements along its banks. It is known for having the geographical center of Russia lying on its southeast shore at 66°25′N 94°15′E / 66.417°N...
centreof the Earth, because the figure of the Earth is not spherical. Sea level closer to the equator is several kilometres farther from the centre of...
Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1884). New Measures of the Great Pyramid. London: R. Banks. GeographicalcentreofEarth Brück, Hermann Alexander; Brück, Mary T....
Global Information