Measuring distances in the Ocean.

[Rustyt1953]

I'll ask mom. She eventually finds out everything.

 

[swsig]

I like chocolate chip cookies.

 

[sar4937]

Charts and dividers?

 

[TomkinsSP]

Cosine (not cosign) is the thing that is safe to do.

 

[Alk8944]

It depends on what degree of longitude you assign the two points, as the shoreline at Myrtle Beach runs steeply NE-SW, and at Nags Head NW-SE, so even a small difference in longitude can make a mile or two difference in latitude between the two points. That said, as identified in Google Earth I get a figure of 189 statute or 164 nautical miles at the longitude of Myrtle Beach. Measuring at the longitude of Nags Head the distance is approximately 183 statute miles or 159 nautical miles. SO, it depends, and without the question specifying which degree of longitude is to be used there is no true answer!!!! Measurements were rounded to the closest even mile in both cases.

 

[UncleEd]

Distance on the oceans has nothing
to do with longitude or latitude or
tides.

Water is always moving.

So what is here is now there and
there is now over yonder.

Sure, some mental midgets can
measure the distance between
Point A on Land to Point B on
Land but as the water moves,
so does the distance.

No possible answer exists.

However, as the crow flies,
that's a different matter.
Or is it the sea gull?

 

[Kurusu]

Those who didn't like trignometry are toast.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Why would a seagull fly from Nags Head to Myrtle beach or vice versa.

 

[UncleEd]

Those who didn't like trignometry are toast.

What's this topic got to do with
triggernometry?

Ed McGivern covered that decades
ago.

 

[UncleEd]

Why would a seagull fly from Nags Head to Myrtle beach or vice versa.

Got dropped on its head by its mother as a hatchling.

 

[5-Shot]

Trick question. There's no single answer. Depends where you are standing. The two are about 3.29 degrees apart. That's fixed and constant. On the equator a degree equals about 69 miles. At th pole, it's ZERO miles. The answer will be a little different depending on whether you are in Nags Head or Myrtle Beach. Ain't math fun.

Ed

 

[TomkinsSP]

^^So its farther from SC to NC (because a degree closer the equator is bigger than a degree closer the pole) than back from NC to SC. I love it. (I could explain why that is wrong, BUT) it's much more fun to agree! Explains why birds migrate South in the winter (distance us shorter and able to be traveled in shorter days.)

 

[mtgianni]

Fly a kite and measure the string.

 

[vigil617]

OP, I will answer your question if you answer mine first:

Why do you want to know?

 

[LittleCooner]

what about the Coriolis effect? Depends upon starting point, so going from SC to NC, would not be the same as starting at NC and going to SC. Do what?

 

[LVSteve]

IMHO, there is no exact answer as they are at different latitudes.

 

[Gripgrabber]

If I remember from my 3years stationed at Oregon inlet, the Gulf Stream is located just off the coast of NC. One way is faster than the other way???? Just sayin.
Semper paratus

 

[mudcat100]

OP, I will answer your question if you answer mine first:

Why do you want to know?

I went tuna fishing last spring out of Oregon Inlet. Going again in May. I live approximately 90 mi. west of MB. Looking at Google Earth, The OBX extends a good distance east of the NE coast of SC. Curiosity mostly. By the way, if anyone gets a chance to go tuna fishing there, do it. One of the most fun experiences I've ever had. Plus, the tuna is delicious.

 

[dben002]

"Mommie are we there yet".

 

[dben002]

If you live 90 miles west of MB anywhere in SC I can assure you it is more miles and more time to get to the outer banks of NC than to MB.

While the outer banks rank 5th as the top spot for tuna fishing the top 4 offer a better experience.

• Nova Scotia, Canada: ...
• San Diego, CA: ...
• Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: ...
• Canary Islands, Spain: ...

So you may wish to reconsider plus you can get actual mileages to these 4 locations.....