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Is the International Date line a line of longitude?
No. Greenwich Mean Time is the timezone located along the Prime Meridian, 0º longitude. The International Date Line is on the exact opposite side of the earth at 180º, with some variance. The International Date Line is 12 hours away from Greenwich Mean Time in many areas.
What city is 38 degrees latitude and -97 degrees longitude?
If you mean 38 degrees North latitude and 97 degrees West longitude, Wichita is not far away.
What is the solar time of 110 degrees east longitude if it is noon solar time at 70 degrees west longitude?
70W is 180 degrees away from 110E, so if it's noon at 70W, it's midnight at 110E.
Which country has forced the 3000 mile deviation of the Prime Meridian?
There is no deviation of the Prime Meridian. There are a few deviations of the International Dateline, but none of them is anywhere near 3,000 miles away from the meridian of 180 degrees longitude.
What is country at 12 degrees south latitude 177 degrees west longitude?
These coordinates are in international waters of the South Pacific Ocean, and are not part of any country. The nearest point of land is part of the French Overseas Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, 100 miles away.
What is the greatest number of degrees that a traveler can ever be away from the prime meridian is?
Since the whole epic drama is playing out on the surface of a sphere, and all latitude and longitude measurements are really angles on the sphere, you can never be more than 180 degrees away from any latitude or longitude that anybody wants to name.
What is the latitude of the international date line?
The International Date Line is NOMINALLY the meridian of 180 degrees longitude (both east and west).The actual date line has been defined with a few bumps and jogs in it that depart from 180 degrees, in order to avoid cutting through island nations. (That would have put two different calendar dates in the same country.)
How many longitudinal degrees away from Illinois is Iran?
Illinois and Iran are both several degrees of longitude wide. So, depending on the starting and ending points you select, the space between them may have several different values. -- The longitude at the center of Springfield, IL is about 88.64° West. -- The longitude at the center of Tehran, Iran is about 51.41° East. -- The difference is about 140.1° degrees of longitude.
What line of longitude would be 180 degrees away from the prime meridian?
The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian which is 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian ... It is common to both east longitude and west longitude. It runs through the Pacific Ocean, and was the nominal guideline for the position of the International Dateline, although the dateline itself had to depart from the antimeridian in several places.
How far away is Thailand Bangkok from the Equator?
Eight degrees north. This is because degrees (longitude) show how far a place is from the equator.
What is the relationship between longitude and the international date line?
The International Date Line is nominally the line of 180 degrees longitude, both east and west ... exactly opposite the Prime Meridian and half-the-earth away from it. The Line was drawn with some jogs and zig-zags in it for political reasons, mainly to avoid having it split island nations or contiguous areas of national interest.
What is the approximated degree of longitude for the international date line?
The International Date Line is nominally the line of 180 degrees longitude, both east and west ... exactly opposite the Prime Meridian and half-the-earth away from it. The Line was drawn with some jogs and zig-zags in it for political reasons, mainly to avoid having it split island nations or contiguous areas of national interest.
