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It's to avoid splitting a nation into two days. The meanderings only take into account national boundaries, starting with going around the Aleutian islands of Alaska.

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On which line of longitude is the international dateline based?

The IDL should nominally follow the meridian of longitude that is 180 degrees from the Greenwich Prime Meridian ... roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But in defining the line, it was zigged and zagged where necessary to avoid cutting across nations and politically contiguous island groups.


What is the name of the line that is directly opposite from the Prime Meridian?

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.


What degree does the prime meridian follow?

By definition and international agreement, the Prime Meridian is Zero longitude.All longitudes on earth are measured east and west of the Prime Meridian.


What is the name of the line 0 longitude?

The line name at 0 degrees longitude is commonly referred to as the Prime Meridian. This line passes through Greenwich, London, United Kingdom and can also be referred to as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian.


What is located on the 180th meridian line?

The 180th meridian is also called the International Date Line because that is where the day changes from one day to the next. Keep in mind that the date change does not follow exactly the 180th meridian and moves slightly east or west as necessary to accommodate the desires of the various countries that lie along it.


Is the international date line a paralle or a median?

The International Date Line is close to the meridian of 180 degrees longitudefor much of its length, but doesn't follow it exactly, in order to avoid splittingany single island, state, or country into two different calendar dates.Helpful Spelling Glossary:-- Parallel . . . a line of constant latitude-- Meridian . . a line of constant longitude


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 name of the meridian located opposite the prime meridian and passing through the pacific ocean?

The antimeridian, at longitude 180° (West/East).The International Dateline is not the same thing, it skirts several areas to make time zones work better, and so doesn't have a consistent longitude.


What longitude of all places in the western hemisphere midway between the prime meridian and the international date line?

Longitude on the Prime Meridian is zero. Half-way in a westerly direction between zero and 180 degrees is 90 degrees west longitude. Some places at that longitude include locations in Ontario Canada, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, the Pacific Ocean, and Antarctica.


What kine of longitude does the international date line follow for most of its distance?

180 degrees


Does the prime meridian follow a specific line of latitude or longitude?

No. The Prime Meridian has several dips and bends.


What is the name of the longitude that is crooked?

There is no longitude that is crooked. You may be thinking of the International Dateline. Technically, it should exactly follow the 180° meridian. But by international agreement, it was drawn with kinks and zig-zags in it, in order to avoid splitting any single village, town, city, state, island, or group of islands into two separate calendar dates. So, the 180° meridian is straight, just like all the others. But the Dateline, which was supposed to follow the 180° meridian but doesn't exactly, is crooked.