Distance between Bloomington, Illinois, USA and the North Pole

5512 km = 3425 miles

During our calculation of the distance to the North Pole we make two assumptions:

  1. We assume a spherical Earth as a close approximation of the true shape of the Earth (an oblate spheroid). The distance is calculated as great-circle or orthodromic distance on the surface of a sphere.
  2. We calculate the distance between a point on the Earth’s surface and the North Pole as the length of the arc of the meridian passing through this point and the North Pole.


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Bloomington, USA

Country: USA
State: Illinois
Bloomington’s coordinates: 40°29′03″ N, 88°59′37″ W
Population: 76,610
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Wikipedia article: Bloomington

The North Pole

The North Pole is a point where imaginary Earth’s axis of rotation crosses the Earth's surface in the Northern Hemisphere.
The North Pole is the northernmost place on Earth. The North Pole latitude is 90° North. The North Pole longitude is undefined, because the North Pole is a point where all the meridians meet.
For the same reason the North Pole has no time zone.
For software and devices using GPS satellite navigation system 0° West may be used as conditional North Pole longitude.

The North Pole’s coordinates: 90°00′00″ N
Wikipedia article: the North Pole