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What direction is the US from Russia
Michael Zajac
Answered Mar 16, 2018 · Author has 1.5k answers and 1.2m answer views
North.
You can get there by going east or west, but your trip will be much longer. The shortest distance is by going north, across the polar region.
Below is a map in a gnomonic projection, centred on the North Pole, and rotated to match the east-west centre of the contiguous forty-eight United States. With this projection, the farther from the centre, the more distorted the shapes of territories. The equator is pulled out to infinity. But this map has a key property: straight lines on this flat map represent straight lines across the globe (great circle routes), and their distance can be measured directly.
As you can see, the Russian Federation is across the North Pole from the United States. A straight line from any part of the contiguous lower forty-eight to any part of the RF points in a northerly direction.
Map generated using NASA G.Projector.
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What is it that you don't get about the North Pole being the northern-most point on the globe? Any place that is not located between here and the North Pole is not north of here. If you are willing to go past that point and still call it "north" then every place can be north (or south) of every other place on the planet. That's not how cardinal directions work. And, in fact, if you rotate that map you referenced, it can indicate any direction that you want. 180 degrees and, presto chango, Russia is south of the US. Duh. I give up.