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12-17-2014, 02:31 AM | #1 |
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Can someone explain why Alaska is our eastern most state?
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12-17-2014, 05:17 AM | #2 |
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12-17-2014, 08:40 AM | #3 |
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My understanding is that the International Date Line zig zags around the Aleutian Islands, so Alaska is firmly in the West and not at all in the East.
But if the International Date Line followed 180 degrees longitude exactly, then in that alternate universe, some of those islands would be in the far far East while the others are in the far far West. |
12-17-2014, 12:02 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, I had checked the dateline and found it zig-zaged, as you did. That's when I ran out of logical explanations.
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12-17-2014, 12:49 PM | #5 |
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In their graphic, they call it the "anti meridian," which sounds made-up. I never heard of that before. So if you are making something up, you can make your own rules.
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12-17-2014, 01:00 PM | #6 |
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What? Who's graphic? Where?
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East-West is determined by the International Dateline? I thought that only concerned the date.
I thought East-West was determined by the 180° line of longitude? Which is string straight, and runs between Semisopochnoi Island, and Amatignak Island, which are Alaska. Per Wiki: Quote:
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12-17-2014, 01:09 PM | #9 |
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Opposite the Prime Meridian, which is 0° longitude.
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12-17-2014, 11:58 PM | #11 |
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2,120,000 for anti meridian, seems it's well known to everybody but me.
Looks like Digr wins the prize(to be determined later... much later) with lots of information I didn't know.
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12-18-2014, 01:01 AM | #12 |
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The antemeridian is married to your unclemeridian, and made all those little meridians...
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12-19-2014, 05:40 PM | #13 |
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I always wondered where the cousinmeridian came from...
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