2006-12-31 11:19:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The first landmass to reach 2007 was Caroline / Millennium Island in the nation of Kiribati at 10.00am GMT on December 31st 2006, however, the island is uninhabited. The first populated landmass to reach 2007 was the Chatham Islands (just off the coast of New Zealand) which reached midnight at 11.45am GMT on December 31st 2006.
The first place to see the sun rise on New Year's Day 2007 is a tiny bit of Antartica that juts out into the South Atlantic Ocean, but as is the case in Caroline / Millennium Island there aren't any people there. The first inhabited place to see the sun rise on New Year's Day in 2007 is Witangi on the Chatham Islands at 4.05pm GMT on December 31st 2006
2007-01-01 03:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Harry Hayfield 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nettyone2003 got it right according to the site below.
The eastern end of the chain of islands of Kiribati is on the same longitude (approx. 157.5 deg west) as Hawaii. But because the capital of the republic of Kiribati is on the western side of the international date line (180 deg east/west), the country had two different days of week depending where you were. In 1995, Kiribati unilaterally changed it so that the whole island chain would be on the same date/day of the week.
So, although Hawaii is one of the last places to celebrate the New Year, if you go 1200 miles almost due south, eastern Kiribati would have celebrated it 24 hours before them.
Peace
2006-12-31 20:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by zingis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The international dateline that follows a jagged line from North to South in the Pacific Ocean is the first 'place' to officially be 2007.
I'm in Scotland at GMT, so the New Year is already 12 hours old at the dateline!!!
2006-12-31 19:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Robin♥ (Scot,UK) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This would be New Zealand. The most easterly point is a town called Rangitukia, near to East Cape round the corner from the Bay of Plenty. Kia Ora!
2006-12-31 19:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw in 2002 in Timaru, New Zealand, on the beach at a party.
In their summer (now), New Zealand is GMT + 12 hours, which means that they are officially at midnight when we are at midday BUT they, like us, put their clocks forward one hour in the summer, so for most of it they are 13 hours in front of us,
This means that their New Year began when it was 11am New Years Eve here.
I can heartily recommend seeing in the New Year on the beach in mid summer, 10 days after the longest day. It sure beats the hell out of the freezing cold we have here in England every year!
2006-12-31 19:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by MarkEverest 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Australia
2006-12-31 19:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by andrew p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sky news had Tai Pei seeing in the new year long before Sydney, that was a 4pm UK time.
2006-12-31 20:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by magpyre 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Line Islands, Kiribati which is in the centre of the Pacific Ocean - it was 10.00 pm UK time
2006-12-31 19:30:10 · answer #8 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in Auckland, and they have 1 hour and 52 min left to celebrate
2007-01-01 00:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by mom_in_love 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at my house its all kicked off here
2006-12-31 19:21:40 · answer #10 · answered by s_hinard 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋