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Nominally 180° longitude, although it does

zig and zag from that line in several places.

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Q: Is the international date line 180 degrees or zero degrees?
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What degrees of longitude is the international date line on?

Whether travelling to the West or to the East from the Prime Meridian (zero Longitude) the International Date Line is 180 degrees Longitude.


Where is prime meridean?

At zero degrees longitude. Only on one side, the other side is the international date line.


What is the name of the vertical line that circles the center of the earth and is found at zero digrees?

0 degrees longitude = the Greenwich Meridian and international date line 0 degrees latitude = the Equator.


What divides the earth into east and west hemispheres?

The Prime Meridian, which is at longitude ZERO degrees, and the International Date Line. The International Date Line is supposed to be at longitude 180 degrees, but it varies quite a distance for political reasons.


180 degrees west and 180 degrees west are called what?

It is usually 180 degrees longitude, hope this helped.


What is the range of degrees for longitude lines?

Latitude ranges:Zero to 90 degrees northZero to 90 degrees southLongitude ranges:Zero to 180 degrees eastZero to 180 degrees west


What angle is Zero degrees?

zero degrees is not an angle because there is degrees


Which line runs through greenwich?

The Greenwich line is the Prime Meridian (0°). It is so named because it runs through the observatory at Greenwich, England. On the other side of the poles it is the International Date Line (180°).


What is the latitude and longitude of the point of the equator and the international date line?

The point where they cross is zero latitude / 180° longitude.


What is the line of latitude that is zero degrees latitude is the?

Zero degrees of latitude is the Equator.


Where does the prime meridian cross in Antarctica?

The Prime Meridian crosses Antarctica in the same place that it crosses any geography that it touches: at zero degrees E/W, which turns into 180 degrees E/W-- the International Date Line -- at the South Pole, which is 90 degrees South Latitude.


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

If two travellers 'A' and 'B' started from the Prime Meridian (zero longitude). 'A' travelled to the West, and ''B travelled to the East, they will meet on the other side of the World at 180 degrees longitude. Therefore, the biggest number is 180 degrees longitude. The International Date Line roughly follows the 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth.