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Does longitude increase when you travel west of the prime meridian until 180 degrees?
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How many degrees of longitude each side of the prime meridian?
Starting from the Prime Meridian and going either east or west, you'll cover 360 degrees of longitude before you find yourself back at the Prime Meridian again. Half-way around a sphere corresponds to 180 degrees. If you and your friend both start out from the Prime Meridian, and one of you travels east around the globe and the other travels west around the globe, you'll eventually meet each other. If you both travel exactly the same distance, then you each cover 180 degrees of longitude, and you meet exactly on the other side opposite the Prime Meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at 180 degrees longitude, both east and west.
How do longitude lines measure your position?
Well you want to look for zero degrees longitude so you start at the 'Prime meridian' this is just a fancy name for the zero degrees of longitude. The 'Prime meridian' starts at Greenich,England. Now longitude measures from North to South so if you were to find. 30 degrees North or 30 degrees south. You would just travel below or above the equater. North is above and South for below. (The equater is zero degrees latitude..)
How many degrees away from the prime meridian is New Zealand?
New Zealand ranges in longitude between roughly 166.47° East to 178.55° East. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, so those are the angles if you start at the Prime Meridian and travel eastward. Traveling westward from the Prime Meridian, the corresponding angles are 181.45° and 193.53° .
Why is longitude 180 degree numbered as E and W?
180° is halfway around a circle or a sphere. Beginning at the Prime Meridian, you can travel EITHER east OR west, and after you have traveled 180 degrees, you'll arrive at the same line either way ... the meridian of 180° E and W longitude, which is halfway around the Earth in either direction from the Prime Meridian.
How many degrees is Indianapolis from the prime meridian?
If you travel straight east or straight west, it's 93.85° of longitude in onedirection and 266.15° of longitude in the other direction.But if you travel straight north or south, then it's only 50.23° of latitude inone direction and 129.77° of latitude in the other direction.
What is total number of degrees of longitude east or west of the prime meridian?
Whether you travel 180 degrees East of the Prime Meridian or 180 degrees Westof it, you arrive at the same place either way . . . half-way around the globe.
How many degrees of longitude each side of the prime meridian?
Starting from the Prime Meridian and going either east or west, you'll cover 360 degrees of longitude before you find yourself back at the Prime Meridian again. Half-way around a sphere corresponds to 180 degrees. If you and your friend both start out from the Prime Meridian, and one of you travels east around the globe and the other travels west around the globe, you'll eventually meet each other. If you both travel exactly the same distance, then you each cover 180 degrees of longitude, and you meet exactly on the other side opposite the Prime Meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at 180 degrees longitude, both east and west.
How do longitude lines measure your position?
Well you want to look for zero degrees longitude so you start at the 'Prime meridian' this is just a fancy name for the zero degrees of longitude. The 'Prime meridian' starts at Greenich,England. Now longitude measures from North to South so if you were to find. 30 degrees North or 30 degrees south. You would just travel below or above the equater. North is above and South for below. (The equater is zero degrees latitude..)
How many degrees away from the prime meridian is New Zealand?
New Zealand ranges in longitude between roughly 166.47° East to 178.55° East. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, so those are the angles if you start at the Prime Meridian and travel eastward. Traveling westward from the Prime Meridian, the corresponding angles are 181.45° and 193.53° .
Why is longitude 180 degree numbered as E and W?
180° is halfway around a circle or a sphere. Beginning at the Prime Meridian, you can travel EITHER east OR west, and after you have traveled 180 degrees, you'll arrive at the same line either way ... the meridian of 180° E and W longitude, which is halfway around the Earth in either direction from the Prime Meridian.
How many degrees is Indianapolis from the prime meridian?
If you travel straight east or straight west, it's 93.85° of longitude in onedirection and 266.15° of longitude in the other direction.But if you travel straight north or south, then it's only 50.23° of latitude inone direction and 129.77° of latitude in the other direction.
If you were to travel along the 330 degrees longitude line from Antarctica which continent would you reach?
A longitude of 210 degrees means that you are measuring longitude from 0 to 360 degrees, which is fine, but very often people use -180 to +180 degrees, also called 180 degrees west to 180 degrees east instead. 210 degrees longitude is the same as 150 degrees west. You would pass French Polynesia and you would then make a landfall in Alaska in the USA which is in North America.
What is the name of the line that is directly opposite from the Prime Meridian?
If you travel to any place that is half-a-globe around the earth from the Prime Meridian, you'll be located at longitude 180 degrees. If you're expecting to find a line there, you'll be disappointed. There is no line there.
How many degrees away from prime meridian is Van couver?
The terminal building at Vancouver Intl is located at about 49.195° north latitude 123.178° west longitude. So if you travel straight east to the Prime Meridian, you have to cover 123.178° of longitude to get there. But . . . The Prime Meridian is a long line. It stretches half-way around the earth in the north-south direction. The point on the Prime Meridian that's closest to Vancouver Intl happens to be . . . the north Pole! To get there, you only have to cover 40.805° of latitude.
How many degrees of longitude do you need to travel across to pass through one hour of time?
The Earth rotates at the rate of roughly 15 degrees of longitude per hour.
Can you explain why 0 degrees longitude and 180 degrees longitude are not designated east or west?
Simply because it doesn't matter in either case. -- Zero east or zero west puts you on the Prime Meridian either way. (Beginning on the Prime Meridian, you may travel 0° east or 0° west, as you prefer, and you arrive at the same place either way.) -- 180° is half-way around any sphere. Regardless of which direction you decide to travel from the Prime Meridian, 180° east or 180° west puts you exactly half- way around the Earth, in the same place.
What is the total number of degrees of longitude east or west of the Prime meridian?
That is an angular measurement of ten degrees. The linear distance would depend on your latitude.
