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What is the line of longitude that represents Alaska?

International Date Line


What do latitude and longitude lines represent?

-- Each meridian ( 'line' ) of longitude represents all of the infinite number of points on the Earth's surface that have that one specific longitude. -- Each parallel ( 'line' ) of latitude represents all of the infinite number of points on the Earth's surface that have that one specific latitude.


What are the right and left lines on a globe?

The right line on a globe is the Prime Meridian, located at 0° longitude, and the left line is the International Date Line, roughly at 180° longitude. The Prime Meridian represents the starting point for measuring longitude, while the International Date Line marks where the date changes as you travel east or west across it.


Difference between meridian and longitude?

The longitude of a point on earth is the angle, east or west, between that point and a certain reference line on the earth. If you take a globe or a map and draw a line through all the points that have exactly the same longitude, the line you get is the meridian of that longitude. The reference line is the meridian of zero longitude, called the "Prime Meridian". On that line are all the points on earth that have zero longitude. The line joins the north and south Poles, and passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, a suburb of London.


Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?

The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.


How many lines on longitude?

There are an infinite number of lines of longitude on Earth's surface. Each line of longitude represents a meridian and measures distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England.


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.


What distance do lines of longitude measure?

Lines of longitude measure distance east and west from the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England. Each line of longitude represents one 360th of a full circle around the Earth.


Longitude prime meridian?

The Prime Meridian is the imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude, running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England. It serves as the starting point for measuring longitude around the globe. This reference line helps establish different time zones and standardizes global navigation and timekeeping.


Is the prime meridian the latitude line?

No, its the longitude line. Its 0 degress longitude.


What is another name for the line of longitude?

another name for a line of longitude is meridian.


Is 104 degrees west a line of longitude or latitude?

104W is a longitude line. Anything labelled as "E" or "W" is longitude.