Which countries does the Prime Meridian pass through?

Answer 1

Very few!

Here is a list of places you can walk on, starting at the North Pole and going south:-

# North Pole (not a country, as such, just a spot within a huge plateau of ice floating over the northernmost part of the Arctic Ocean)

# Wrangel Island

# Chukot1, Siberia, the north eastern tip of Russia. After Chukot you will pass between the Alaskan Aleutian Islands and traverse the Pacific Ocean down to the

# Fiji Islands, starting at the north-eastern tip of Vanua Levu Island, and finishing by passing over Taveuni Island. Then, continuing south, it is a huge trip until you get to the

# Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica, the southernmost land-mass continent of the world, 98% of which is covered with ice.

Still continuing south, and still on the ice, you will pass between some of the Queen Maud Mountains, part of the Transantarctic Mountain range, before you reach the icy South Pole itself.

Footnote

1. 'Chukot' = Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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Answer 2

The Prime Meridian runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana.
England

France

Spain

Algeria

Burkina Faso

Mali

Togo

Ghana

(Antarctica)

Answer 3

There are more than six countries.

# Norway # Finland # Russia # Belarus # Ukraine # Turkey # Egypt # Sudan # Democratic Republic of the Congo # Uganda # Rwanda # Burundi # Tanzania # Zambia # Zimbabwe # South Africa

Answer 4

-- England (UK)

-- France

-- Spain

-- Algeria

-- Mali

-- Burkina Faso

-- Togo

-- Ghana

-- (Antarctica -- not a country)

Note:

The countries, for the most part, remain staionary. The traveler, on the other hand,

if he tours the zero-longitude meridian, will pass through the countries.

Answer 5

The meridian of 180° crosses far eastern Russia, the islands of the south Pacific,

and Antarctica. You might get away with saying that Russia is the Euro-Asian

country you have in mind, but it's a stretch. The part of Russia at 180° longitude

is a good 3,500 miles distant from the nearest point in Europe.

Answer 6

The 180 degrees longitude line passes through Russia, Fiji, Tuvalu and Kiribati.

Answer 7

# Russia # China # The Philippines # Indonesia # Australia

Answer 8

The Prime Meridian runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali,

Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana. (Also Antarctica, which is a continent without any

countries.)