Canberra

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Canberra

Australia

Canberra is the capital city of Australia and the largest population centre in the Australian Capital Territory. With an estimated population of 484,630 as of 2025, Canberra is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city by population. The city occupies most of the northern quadrant of the Australian Capital Territory, and its urban sprawl borders the state of New South Wales to the northwest, northeast and southeast.

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Country: Australia
Population: 327,700
Latitude: 35.28° S
Longitude: 149.13° E

Which way is Canberra from…

From Paris, Canberra lies at 73° to the east, 16,920 km as the crow flies.

Paris	73° east	16,920 km
London	66° north-east	16,982 km
New York	265° west	16,226 km
Madrid	85° east	17,573 km
Rome	93° east	16,216 km
Montreal	272° west	16,274 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	124° south-east	9,004 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Canberra is so far from London, 16,982 km, that a flat map leads you badly astray: it would have you aim south-east, at 123°, while the compass says 66°, north-east, across Asia. From Saint-Denis on Réunion, it is the other way round: 100° on the map, east, 124° on the compass, south-east. A landmark: Port Moresby is due north of the Australian capital, 2,878 km away.