-- You can travel either east or west from the International Dateline and reach Canada.
-- The trip is much shorter if you go east, so if you ask almost anybody and they
understand the question, they will tell you that Canada is east of the IDL.
-- The reason 'why' is because of where everybody in the world agreed to put the
International Dateline ... in the Pacific Ocean, which is a place west of Canada.
The question is something like asking "Why are your shoes outside of your body ?".
Canada is located west of the International Date Line because the line generally follows the 180° meridian of longitude. The International Date Line was established to separate two consecutive calendar dates, and it generally runs between Russia and Alaska in the Bering Strait. Canada is located to the west of this line within the Pacific and Arctic oceans.
Travelling west the international date line is further west. The answer is no
If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
Australia is somewhat west of the International Date Line.
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If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
Australia sits to the west of the international date line. If it is Saturday in the US, it is Sunday in Australia.
International Date Line. Nominally 180 degrees east (or west) longitude. Opposite the Prime Meridian.
it is west of the international date line. Australia is also one of the first to see the day !
The International date line.
Ireland, Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Canada, Pacific Ocean, International Date Line, Pacific Ocean Again, Russia, Europe
the international date line