What is the approximate degrees of longitude for the International Date Line?

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Answer 1

For a large part, the International Date Line follows the meridian of 180° longitude, roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. However, because the date to the east of the line is one day earlier than that to the west of the line, the line deviates to pass around the far east of Russia and various island groups in the Pacific. Thus, the two largest deviations from this meridian both occur to keep the date line from crossing nations internally.

In the north, the date line swings to the east through the Bering Strait and then west past the Aleutian Islands in order to keep Alaska (part of the United States) and Russia, which are due north and south of each other in that region, on opposite sides of the line and in agreement with the date of the rest of those countries. The date line passes equidistant between the two Diomede Islands, Little Diomede Island (US) and Big Diomede Island (Russia), at a distance of 1.5km (1mi) from each island.

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Answer 2

Longitude International Date Line

Answer 3

There are 360 longitudes and 181 latitudes

Answer 4

the exact longitude is180 degrees

Answer 5

180 degrees.

It has to divert so that island groups are on one side or the other

Answer 6

it's close to 180 but doesn't follow it exactly

Answer 7

IT IS 180 DEGREES EITHER WAY FROM ZERO DEGREES.