Every place has different time zones so which one is first?
2007-01-01 15:13:06 · 5 answers · asked by wolfass 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
The first and last places to experience the New Year are determined by the International Date Line (IDL), which runs from North to South through the Pacific Ocean, just a little bit West of Hawaii.
Technically, the first place to celebrate New Years is in Antarctica, as there is a station exactly on the IDL. More conventionally, it would be the Eastern-most island of Kiribati (Caroline Island).
The last place to celebrate the New Year's is the Aleutian Island chain off of Alaska.
One thing that's pretty screwy is that the International Date Line isn't a straight line. Because of a lot of political and practical issues, it zig-zags all over the place. Because of this, Kiribati is actually further to the East than the Aleutian Islands. Here's a picture if you're interested.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/International_Date_Line.png
2007-01-01 15:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mark H 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Australian and New Zealand celebrate first and then America and UK's are the last.
2007-01-01 15:18:54 · answer #2 · answered by mrsrhowell 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1st - Antarctica is the place to be, on any New Year's Eve, the sun sits above the horizon the whole day across most of Antarctica.
Last - Caroline Island - Kiribati
2007-01-01 15:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by ☼High☼Voltage☼Blonde☼ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First = Garden of Eden. Last = Hell
2014-12-31 16:39:21 · answer #4 · answered by t_o_d_d_e_r_s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
australia
2007-01-05 07:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sydney
2015-01-01 02:56:51 · answer #6 · answered by William 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋