What is Due East?

[skipmac]

Originally Posted by peter57

It not like heading Due North for Ten miles
Then due East for ten Miles
Then due South for ten miles
And end up exactly where you started.

This I know the answer to although I originally heard it in a slightly different version. However I didn't figure it out until a clue was given regarding one particular kind of wildlife one might encounter on the trip.

[Cormorant]

Not directly related to the OP's question, but . . . some very cool maps of "what is directly over the horizon from your beach."

Maps of What’s Across the Horizon From the World’s Beaches | WIRED

[fuentes]

After reading all of this, I am so glad I sail out of San Felipe, Baja on the Sea of Cortez! I sail due east until I hit the mainland. Then I jump off the boat and ask a fisherman where I am. I follow his directions.

[Taskevin]

The fundamental mistake you have made is to believe the TV program.
The question did not say 'if you follow the compass course of 90 degrees' so; due East is 90 T.
The answer was incorrect. Call the contestant back for a replay

[Gadagirl]

Why you’re not looking at Europe when you stare out from an Atlantic beach - Vox

[peter57]

Originally Posted by skipmac

This I know the answer to although I originally heard it in a slightly different version. However I didn't figure it out until a clue was given regarding one particular kind of wildlife one might encounter on the trip.

And the wildlife won't be me

[Our Tyme]

Maybe the north Atlantic currents........... naw. Just throwing a wrench in the works.

Ken