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Can you explain why 0 degrees longitude and 180 degrees longitude are not designated east or west?
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∙ 11y ago
Simply because it doesn't matter in either case.
-- Zero east or zero west puts you on the Prime Meridian either way.
(Beginning on the Prime Meridian, you may travel 0° east or 0° west,
as you prefer, and you arrive at the same place either way.)
-- 180° is half-way around any sphere. Regardless of which direction you decide
to travel from the Prime Meridian, 180° east or 180° west puts you exactly half-
way around the Earth, in the same place.
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Can you explain why 0 degrees longitude and 180degrees longitude are not designated east or west?
For the same reason that your lawn is not above or below ground,or something like that.Zero and 180 degrees longitude form the boundary between east and west,so they are both, and they are neither.
Why 180 longitude are not designated east or west?
180 degrees is both east and west longitude. It doesn't matter which way you gofrom the Prime Meridian ... if you go 180 degrees, you arrive at the same longitude.
Why is 0 degrees longitude not designated east or west?
Because it is where east and west are measured from. Sort of like zero is neither positive nor negative.:)
What is the degree of longitude equivalent to east of 5 degrees west longitude?
The degree of longitude east of 5 degrees west is 4 degrees west longitude.
What imaginary line on the globe do longitude lines measure?
Longitude lines measure how far (in degrees) you are East or West of the Prime Meridian (which is a longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England and is designated as 0° longitude).
Which of these lines of longitude runs through the ural mountains 40 degrees east 60 degrees east or 80 degrees east?
The 60 degrees east line of longitude runs through the Ural Mountains.
How many degrees of latitude are there between 45 degrees east and 40 degreeseast?
There are 180 degrees of latitude between 45 and 40 degrees east longitude. However, if you meant how many degrees of longitude are there, there are 5 degrees of longitude between 45 and 40 degrees east longitude.
What line east of longitude runs through the ural mountains?
80 degrees east longitude
What is the location of Philippines in east longitude?
126 degrees on the East Longitude.
What lake is at 78 degrees east longitude in Pennsylvania?
No point in Pennsylvania is at 78 degrees east longitude.
What is the latitude and longitude of 30 degrees south and 90 degrees East?
The latitude of that point is 30 degrees south, and its longitude is 90 degrees east.
What is the latitude and longitude of a port city with the latitude and longitude of 60 degrees north 24 degrees east?
Its latitude is going to be 60 degrees north, and its longitude will be 24 degrees east.
