Where is Fiji in relation to international date line?

Answer 1

The islands of Fiji are on both sides the Anti-meridian (-180 and +180 longitude) but the International Date Line (IDL) is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji group.

This makes Fiji a very interesting region to map makers.

Answer 2

Typically the International Date Line follows the 180th meridian (also Antimeridian) from North to South pole but there are a few special cases such as Fiji and Samoa.

The islands of Fiji are on both sides the Anti-meridian (-180 and +180 longitude) but the International Date Line is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji island group.

The Samoan Islands, now divided into Samoa and American Samoa, were west of the IDL until 1892 at which time the American Samoa adopted the American date and "moved" to east of the IDL. This makes Samoa closer to the International Date Line than Fiji.

That makes the Samoan Islands and Fiji of special interest to Map makers.

Answer 3

Typically the International Date Line follows the 180th meridian (also Antimeridian) from North to South pole but there are a few special cases such as Fiji and Samoa.

The islands of Fiji are on both sides the Anti-meridian (-180 and +180 longitude) but the International Date Line is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji group.

The Samoan Islands, now divided into Samoa and American Samoa, were west of the IDL until 1892 at which time the American Samoa adopted the American date and "moved" to east of the IDL.

That makes the Samoan Islands and Fiji of special interest to Map makers.

Answer 4

The islands of Fiji are on both sides the Anti-meridian (-180 and +180 longitude) but the International Date Line is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji group.