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Curious and Interesting Names Near Offer Wadham Island ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Deadmans Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadmans Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Bay
- Doting Cove ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doting Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doting Cove
- Ladle Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladle Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladle Cove
- Little Seldom ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Seldom came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Seldom
- Seldom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seldom came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seldom
- Seldom Come By
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seldom Come By came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seldom Come By
- Tilting
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilting
- Former name for Tilting:
- Tilton Harbour
- Wild Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Offer Wadham Island to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Offer Wadham Island to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Offer Wadham Island and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Offer Wadham Island to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 61 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,129 miles [5,035.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Offer Wadham Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Offer Wadham Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Offer Wadham Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.5833, Longitude: -53.7667 |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Offer Wadham Island to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 291.228 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 286.84 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 286.713 degrees. |
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