How many miles apart are 175 west longitude and 179 east longitude?

Answer 1

There is no way to tell. Their precise latitude locations would enable this computation.

Note that unlike N and S latitude lines, which have a fixed distance between degree lines, the spacing between longitude lines varies greatly with latitude. Close to the poles, there is practically no distance between 175° W and 179° E -- at the equator, the lines are separated by about 360 nautical miles, which is about 414.3 miles or 666.7 kilometers.

Answer 2

175 degrees west longitude and 179 degrees east longitude are 4 degrees apart in terms of longitude. This is equivalent to approximately 276 miles at the equator, as every degree of longitude corresponds to about 69 miles at the equator.

Answer 3

It depends on your latitude. At the poles, there is 0 difference, since ALL longitudes merge at the poles. At the equator, there will be the greatest distance between the two longitude lines.