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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.

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