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180 degrees longitude is the meridian that should be the International Date Line. But in actuality, the date line was drawn with several zigs and zags in it, in order to avoid cutting across land, which would have placed different parts of the same country in different calendar dates. So the Date line deviates from the 180 meridian in several places.

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What is the line of longitude that is 180 degrees called?

International Date Line


How many degrees of longitude separate Las Vegas from the International Date line which is at 180 and ordm longitude?

Las Vegas is located at approximately 115 degrees west longitude. To find the degrees of longitude that separate it from the International Date Line at 180 degrees, you subtract 115 from 180, resulting in a difference of 65 degrees. Therefore, there are 65 degrees of longitude between Las Vegas and the International Date Line.


What is at 180 degrees E and W longitude?

The 180 degree line of longitude is called the 180th meridian or the antimieridian. This line is 180 degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian such that longitude at 180E and 180W is the same line. The International Date Line basically follows this line from the North and South poles..


Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?

The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.


180 degrees west and 180 degrees west are called what?

If you meant to write "180 degrees west and 180 degrees east," then they form a complete circle around the Earth, making them antipodal points. If you meant both points as 180 degrees west, they are the same location on the opposite side of the Earth.


What impoartant line of longitude is located at 180 degrees?

The international date line


How many degrees of longitude are there between the prime meridian and the section of the International Date Line that lies directly on a line of longitude?

180 degrees


How many degrees of longitude are there between the prime meridian and the selection of the international date line that lies directly on a line of longitude?

180 degrees


Does 90 degrees west longitude have a name?

No. 90 degrees longitude is not a major line of longitude. Only 0 and 180 degrees longitude, which are the Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line respectively, are major lines of longitude.


What the biggest numbers you can find for a line of longitude?

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What degrees of longitude is the international date line on?

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What number of degrees is the line of longitude on the other side of the Earth from the line at 0 degrees longitude?

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