Question

You are required to locate Greenwich and International Date Line. In the Globe understand the direction of rotation of the earth with respect to the sun. You wills select one longitude and find out the countries through which the longitude passes. Calculate the time at those countries when the time at Greenwich is 12 noon. Document your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

The International Date Line, established in 1884, passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth. It is located halfway round the world from the prime meridian—the zero degrees longitude established in Greenwich, England, in 1852.