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What is the name of the line that is directly opposite from the Prime Meridian?
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∙ 9y ago
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.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y ago180 degrees longitude, east or west. Technically, the International Date Line should follow it,
but instead has been defined with several major zigs and zags, in order to avoid placing two
different calendar dates within the same country anywhere.
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∙ 14y agoInternational dateline
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∙ 9y agoThe imagery line opposite the prime meridian is called the 180th meridian also known as the anti-meridian which is 180 degrees east or west fron the prime meridian.
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∙ 10y agoThat one is the meridian of 180° longitude.
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∙ 9y agoThe International Date Line
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∙ 11y agointernational date line
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∙ 6y agoInternational Date Line
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What line of longitude is found opposite of prime meridian?
The International Date Line.
How many degree is the angle from prime meridian to international date line?
It varies, because the International Dateline doesn't follow a single meridian.There are several zigs and zags in it. But in the spirit of your question, theDateline is nominally directly opposite the Prime Meridian, at 180° longitude.
What is the prime maridian?
The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which the longitude is defined to be 0°.The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the opposite of the international date line?
not sure what is up with all that^ but from the north pole to the south pole on one side of the world the international date line is the international date line. On the other side of the world The international date line is the prime meridian
What is the maximum number of degrees of longitude?
The maximum longitude is 180°, at any point on the line directly opposite the Prime Meridian. (The line which, combined with the Prime Meridian, forms a complete circle around the Earth and through the poles.)
Is the international date line a parellel or meridean?
It's a meridian, directly opposite the Prime Meridian.
Which line of latitude is it 12 hours different from the prime meridian?
Every line of latitude passes through every time zone.The meridian of 180° longitude is directly opposite the Prime Meridian,and thus 12 hours opposite the time there.
What line of longitude is found opposite of prime meridian?
The International Date Line.
An imaginary line in the sky directly overhead extending from north to south?
prime meridian
What invisible line devides the east himisphere and the west himisphere?
That would be a circle composed of two semi-circles: One is the Prime Meridian, the other is the meridian of 180° longitude, directly opposite the Prime Meridian. Each of them connects the north and south poles.
Which longitude line will you find at 0 degrees?
The Prime Meridian. Opposite Prime Meridian (180-degrees Longitude) is The International Date Lin.
How many degree is the angle from prime meridian to international date line?
It varies, because the International Dateline doesn't follow a single meridian.There are several zigs and zags in it. But in the spirit of your question, theDateline is nominally directly opposite the Prime Meridian, at 180° longitude.
What is the prime maridian?
The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which the longitude is defined to be 0°.The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the opposite of the international date line?
not sure what is up with all that^ but from the north pole to the south pole on one side of the world the international date line is the international date line. On the other side of the world The international date line is the prime meridian
What determines western and eastern hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the International Date Line.
What is the maximum number of degrees of longitude?
The maximum longitude is 180°, at any point on the line directly opposite the Prime Meridian. (The line which, combined with the Prime Meridian, forms a complete circle around the Earth and through the poles.)
What imaginary line is located at 0 dergees longitude?
prime meridian!Prime Meridian!PRIME MERIDIAN!PrImE MeRiDiAn!
