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0 A game of reading the meridians on the world map is going on Shaheen and Sanketare
asking each other to locate places on specific meridians and are making notes of the same
Shaheen asks Sanket to locate Wrangel island on 180 meridian Sanket could locate the
island in the map but both are confused while making a note of it. They are puzled
whether to write 180° or 180" What would be the precise answer? Please help them
Can we use a similar logic with reference to O meridian as well?
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The 180th meridian or antimeridian[1] is the meridian 180° both east and west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. It is common to both east longitude and west longitude. It mostly passes through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, but passes across land in Russia, Fiji and Antarctica. This meridian is used as the basis for the International Date Line, but the latter deviates from it to maintain date consistency within the territories of Russia, the United States, Kiribati, Fiji and New Zealand.