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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.


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 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 angle is Zero degrees?

zero degrees is not an angle because there is degrees


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

Zero degrees of latitude is the Equator.


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.


Distance from the international date line and the north pole?

The distance is zero. The north pole is one end of the International Dateline. The south pole is the other end.


What is the geographical position of the UK in relation to the internatial dateline?

By definition, the UK lies across the Prime Meridian - the zero Longitude line. The International Date Line, is positioned mainly 180 degrees around the globe, running from pole to pole, but has a few wiggles in it to avoid some minor land masses.But of course it can not avoid the Antarctic land mass.