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    (secondary coordinates) The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° both east and west of the prime meridian in a geographical coordinate...
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    longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great circle. This great...
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  • 90th meridian east, located midway between the Prime meridian and the 180th meridian; thus, the center of the Western Hemisphere is on this meridian. In...
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  • meridian. The 90th meridian east forms a great circle with the 90th meridian west. This meridian is halfway between the Prime meridian and the 180th meridian...
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    Meridian passes through eight countries: 1st meridian east 1st meridian west 180th meridian Coordinated Universal Time Prime meridian Prime meridian (Greenwich)...
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  • Pole. The 135th meridian east forms a great circle with the 45th meridian west, meaning it is a quarter away from the 180th meridian and 3 quarters from...
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    Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, England) and east of the 180th meridian. The other half is called the Eastern...
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  • ranked. There are five countries with territory on both sides of the 180th meridian, and thus can be said to be both the westernmost and easternmost countries:...
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  • not always reflect the proximity of the country's territory to the 180th meridian. In such a case there would be three both the very westernmost and the...
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    Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic) 180th meridian Prime meridian United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Zero Meridian Voting took place on 13 October and the...
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    lying west of the 180th meridian, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake Island, most of the country lies east of the 180th meridian. Kiribati, passing...
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  • at the prime meridian. The Golden Shellback for maritime personnel who have crossed the point where the Equator crosses the 180th meridian. The Top Secret...
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  • to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies...
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    Eastern Hemisphere: The half that lies east of the prime meridian and west of the 180th meridian. This hemisphere includes most of Africa, Europe, Asia...
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    the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian. The International Date Line is therefore displaced eastwards at this...
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  • geographical poles and the equator, and halfway between the Prime Meridian and the 180th meridian. Both northern 45×90 points are located on land, while both...
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    are limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian (aka Prime Antimeridian). Tropical cyclones portal Tropical...
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  • Thumbnail for International Date Line
    on the meridian of 180° longitude, roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and halfway around the world from the IERS Reference Meridian, the successor...
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  • June solstice, and exactly 45.0° at either equinox. Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 45° north passes through: In Europe...
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  • equator and the 180th meridian, the International Date Line goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching the 150°W meridian. This was the...
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    173°11′10″E / 52.84639°N 173.18611°E / 52.84639; 173.18611, opposite the 180th meridian and International Date Line from the rest of the United States. (See...
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    point at 46°54'S. Westernmost Point — Santo Antão, Cape Verde † The 180th meridian passes through Asia, meaning that these points are in the Western Hemisphere...
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  • deviates east from its standard course following the 180th meridian to roughly the 165th meridian west to traverse east of Tonga and other surrounding...
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    Reference Meridian Leap second Solar time Terrestrial Time Time zone 180th meridian Obsolete standards Ephemeris time Greenwich Mean Time Prime meridian Time...
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    despite normal radio check-ins expected when the submarine crossed the 180th meridian, and further when she arrived at her patrol area. By mid-March, Soviet...
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  • off the coast of Attu to the west, but because both sit west of the 180th meridian, these two are at times viewed as the easternmost points of the United...
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    from GMT by a whole number of hours. A nautical date line follows the 180th meridian, bisecting one 15° gore into two 7.5° gores that differ from GMT by...
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    north is arbitrarily defined as being along the prime meridian in the Antarctic and the 180th meridian in the Arctic; thus, east and west on the grids when...
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    890 sq mi) of ocean. The islands' spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian, although the International Date Line goes around Kiribati and swings...
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  • meridian east. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 179th meridian west passes through: 178th meridian west 180th meridian...
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