2006-11-26 06:12:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Caroline Atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati.
2006-11-26 07:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Tim N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have either asked a very vague question or you are a very confused individual.
The world is round and rotating constantly so the sun appears over every place daily (except at the poles where it may never rise above the horizon in winter).
It would be impossible to say that a particular country sees the sun first without some additional reference. For example, do you mean which country is the official beginning of any given day?
2006-11-26 19:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Kiribati became an independent country 1979, it was divided by the International Date Line. In the 1990's they moved the line to the east of their country. Each new day starts there.
However, you ask about the sun, that depends on the time of year. Kiribati is very close to the Equator.Because of the Earth's tilt, the sun rises to the south of Kiribati half of the year, and north of Kiribati half of the year. Which date did you have in mind?
2006-11-26 17:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every time zone in the World. GMT is Greenwich Mean (or Meridian) Time is the mean (average) time that the earth takes to rotate from noon-to-noon.
GMT is World Time and the basis of every world time zone which sets the time of day and is at the centre of the time zone map. GMT sets current time or official time around the globe. Most time changes are measured by GMT. Although GMT has been replaced by atomic time (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.
GMT is sometimes called Greenwich Meridian Time because it is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
So technically it is in England.
2006-11-26 14:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by deepseaofblankets 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
how can you answer this, the world is constantly turning and so it is impossible to say, unless we were to travel back to the creation of the earth, when it settled in its current orbit around the sun, other than that it's impossible to say.
2006-11-26 14:17:59 · answer #5 · answered by randomasduck 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
japan. thats why they have the sun in the centre of their national flag
2006-11-26 14:27:02 · answer #6 · answered by waran 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure but I think it's the Fiji islands.
2006-11-26 15:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by jamess007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn't even a trick question. LOL
2006-11-26 14:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
japan
2006-11-26 14:52:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
kiribati
2006-11-26 18:07:48 · answer #10 · answered by judenstaat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋