In the northern reaches of Newfoundland, near the town of St. Anthony, is the Fox Point Lighthouse.
I’ve never been there, but I know it has one of the most impressive ocean views in the world.
It’s easy to forget, for example, that much of Europe is well north of the United States east coast.
But they’re not exactly maps of what’s across the ocean from you, at least not directly across from you.
Taking “across the ocean” to mean directly across, perpendicular to the coast, then what’s across the ocean depends on where you’re standing!
What we often think of as “straight” is a path following a rhumb line, a line of constant bearing.
A straight line from the center of the map is a straight line in real life. »