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The Prime Meridian and the equator cross this continent - Africa

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Why is Africa the only continent in all four hemispheres?

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.


Where is 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude?

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.


What continents cross through the Ecuador?

South America is the only continent that crosses the Equator, running through Ecuador.


A basic geography questions - Do all of the parallels and the meridians cross each other at right angles on both the globe and Mercator?

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.


You are a continent The equator crosses through a group of islands just to your north Which continent are you?

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.

Related Questions

Where the equator and prime meridian cross-isnearset the continent of?

Africa


What continent do both the Equator and the prime meridian cross?

Africa


What continent is close to where the equator and the prime meridian cross?

Africa


Through which continent do the equator prime meridian and the tropic of cancer cross?

Africa


Where is the nearest continent where the equator and prime meridian cross?

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.


Part of which continent is located in each of the four Hemisphere?

Africa, since the equator and the Prime Meridian both cross it.


Both the prime meridian and the equator cross which continent?

South Atlantic Ocean - close to Bight of Benin


What continent has the Equator prime meridian tropics of Capricorn and cancer?

All four of those imaginary lines cross Africa.


What continent is at 0 degrees and 0 degrees where the equator and prime meridian cross nearest at?

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.


Which continent does the equator prime meridian and the tropices of cancer and Capricorn pass?

All four of those imaginary lines cross territory in Africa.


Which continent is closest to where the equator and prime meridian cross?

That point is in the Gulf of Guinea, about 380 miles south of Accra,the capital of Ghana, in Africa.


What one continent does the tropic of Capricorn tropic of cancer the equator and the prime meridian pass through?

All of those markers cross Africa.