Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet.

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Country: Singapore
Population: 5,183,700
Latitude: 1.3° N
Longitude: 103.85° E

Which way is Singapore from…

From Paris, Singapore lies at 80° to the east, 10,736 km as the crow flies.

Paris	80° east	10,736 km
London	78° east	10,855 km
New York	3° north	15,339 km
Madrid	77° east	11,388 km
Rome	88° east	10,024 km
Montreal	4° north	14,805 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	71° east	5,811 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

New York to Singapore means aiming due north, at 3°, while a flat map would send you east (104°): the shortest route, 15,339 km long, runs over the Arctic, Siberia and China. From London too, the map misleads: 120°, south-east, against 78°, east, on the compass, for 10,855 km. A landmark: Singapore’s antipode lies 288 km from Quito.