Africa is the only continent to span the equator and have territory in all four hemispheres because its elongated shape allows it to cross the equator and extend from north to south, covering both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The Prime Meridian also runs through Africa, placing some of its land in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significance, but it's in the Gulf of Guinea, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Accra, Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of the coast of Gabon.
South America is the only continent that crosses the Equator, running through Ecuador.
On a globe, parallels and meridians do not intersect at right angles; only the equator and the prime meridian intersect perpendicular to each other. On a Mercator projection map, the meridians appear as straight lines converging at the poles, while the parallels are equally spaced horizontally, giving the illusion that they intersect at right angles, when in reality that is not the case.
The continent being described is Africa. The Equator crosses through a group of islands just to the north of Africa, which are the islands of Sao Tome and Principe. These islands are located in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western coast of Central Africa.
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The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect in the sea off the west African coast. So the continent is Africa and, according to Google, it is off the Ivory Coast/Gabon.
Africa, since the equator and the Prime Meridian both cross it.
South Atlantic Ocean - close to Bight of Benin
All four of those imaginary lines cross Africa.
The continent at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude (the intersection of the equator and prime meridian) is Africa. The point is located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ghana and Liberia.
All four of those imaginary lines cross territory in Africa.
That point is in the Gulf of Guinea, about 380 miles south of Accra,the capital of Ghana, in Africa.
All of those markers cross Africa.