Or if possible, which town is placed in the center of the world?
2007-03-09 23:35:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
I mean like the middle east is in the middle of Asia, Europe and Africa, but what about the whole world?
2007-03-09 23:58:42 · update #1
Looking at the Mercator layout of earth's map, with the America's to your left, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia to the right, and the International Dateline as the very edges at left AND right, cutting through the Bering Strait, you'll be looking at a point in the South Atlantic Ocean off the West African Coast where the 0° meridian (longitude) and the equator (0° latitude) meet. That's the "center of the earth". Even though the term isn't right at all.
2007-03-13 17:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by McMurdo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is a sphere, so the only centre it has is the centre of the sphere, 4,000 miles directly below your feet.
Any other definition of "centre" is going to be complely subjective. If you cut the earth down the middle of the Atlantic ocean and flatten it out, then find the centre, you'll get a completely different answer from if you cut it down the Pacific and flatten it out. It also depends on how you flatten it. So you really can't answer the question.
2007-03-10 12:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since Earth is sphere-shape like, it doesn't have a center or every part of the Earth is the center.
2007-03-11 23:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by historyman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accra in africa right in the center of the earth there is only atlantic ocean.sao tome is also near to the center of the earth.
the place where latitudes and the longitudes meet
2007-03-11 03:55:18 · answer #4 · answered by Carey S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Molten Irontonia
2007-03-10 09:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Hammer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of them are. Every spot on the planet is at the exact centre of the surface (or would be if the Earth was a perfect sphere).
2007-03-10 07:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
0 E Longitude
0 N Latitude
=the Atlantic Ocean
you need to be more specific because no one understands what your talking about
the Atlantic Ocean is the simplest answer
2007-03-10 10:15:18 · answer #7 · answered by Go Blue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
America
2007-03-10 08:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Center of earth depends on the way you look at things: Latitudewise or Longitude wise?
Latitude wise - All locations which fall on the equator.
Longitude wise - All locations which fall on the GMT line.
2007-03-10 07:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Las Vegas, Nevada.
2007-03-10 13:16:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋