The Earth is ana oblate spheroid, fatter at the equator due to rotation.
The shortest track between two points is actually a rhumb line.
A great circle is the largest circle that can be made on the earth. This is if you think about it, the same as a rhumb line. Although, now we know the Earth is an oblate spheroid, this would technically have to be drawn along the eqatuor.
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