Almost but not exactly ! Give that man a silver dollar anyway !
It's not the International Dateline that delineates the boundary of the hemisphere.
It's the meridian of 180° longitude. The IDL almost follows the meridian, but it
has some zigs and zags in it, in order to avoid splitting any one state, country,
or island group into two different calendar dates.
The Aleutian chain of islands ... part of Alaska ... crosses the meridian of 180°
longitude, putting part of the chain in the eastern hemisphere. But the IDL was
wiggled around the Aleutians, to avoid putting part of Alaska into yesterday.
So you have almost nailed exactly what you need to know in order to win the
best nerd's bar bet of all time:
Question:
What states in the USA are farthest north, farthest south, farthest east, and
farthest west ?
Answer:
Hawaii is the farthest south, and Alaska is all of the other three.
Good work !
Alaska is farthest east and west is due to the fact that the Aleutian Islands cross the 180° meridian of longitude, placing some of the islands actually in the Eastern Hemisphere and thus degrees east of Greenwich (and the Prime Meridian).
Yes, the Alaskan Aleutian Islands cross the International Dateline. On a map or globe it does not because the "International Dateline" kind of zig zags. This is only done on maps and globes so it would not go through any country. In reality the International Dateline is 180W/180E.
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no u would not cross the date line because u would take the quickest route which is to go east therefore u would not cross it
The dateline does not cross Alaska. It would have, if it were drawn exactly along the 180° meridian all the way from one pole to the other. But it was zigged and zagged in several places, in order to avoid splitting any single political entity into two different calendar dates. Can you imagine what life in Alaska would be like if different parts of the state were always on different dates ! ?
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