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[ghoti_mhic_uait]

Not long ago, we were having a conversation as to whether Boston or Manchester was more northern. Now, apart from the fact that Boston is in Lincolnshire, and thus clearly south of Manchester, I was confused by this.

I still am confused by this, and as I am a bear of very little brain, y'all will have to help.

According to Benedict's globe, and my Peters projection, and I can't find a handy Mercator projection, but I'm sure it's not that much different, according to those sources, the UK is north of all of the US except Alaska.

Is this wrong? Is there some other definition of north which I'm not taking into account?

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[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

The UK is actually really quite far north compared to most countries. In Scotland in summer it's light nearly all night, for example. However we're in the path of the Gulf Stream and are also surrounded by water, so we have a much milder climate than places on a comparable latitude such as Canada and Siberia.