Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Coral Sea, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century.

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Country: Papua New Guinea
Population: 283,733
Latitude: 9.46° S
Longitude: 147.19° E

Which way is Port Moresby from…

From Paris, Port Moresby lies at 49° to the north-east, 14,553 km as the crow flies.

Paris	49° north-east	14,553 km
London	44° north-east	14,478 km
New York	299° north-west	14,684 km
Madrid	48° north-east	15,535 km
Rome	64° north-east	14,318 km
Montreal	303° north-west	14,440 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	99° east	9,813 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

Towards Port Moresby, map and compass part ways by 71° from London: 115°, south-east, on a flat map, against 44°, north-east, on the compass, 14,478 km away, because the shortest route crosses Siberia and Mongolia. From Saint-Denis, on Réunion, aim east, at 99°, over northern Australia. And Port Moresby lies due north of Canberra.