End Meridian

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The International Date Line zigzags around the 180th Meridian.

The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian defined as 180° longitude. It is the line of longitude exactly opposite the Prime Meridian. It is common to both east longitude and west longitude. It is used as the basis for the International Date Line because it for the most part passes through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. However, the meridian passes through a few countries as well as Antarctica.

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 180th meridian passes through:

lat Country, territory or sea Notes
80°

75°

 Arctic Ocean
71°  Russia Wrangel Island
70° Chukchi Sea
69°

68° 67° 66° 65°

  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
64°

60° 55° 50°

 Bering Sea
52° Amchitka Pass Passing between Semisopochnoi Island and Amatignak Island, Alaska,  United States
50°

40° 30° 20° 10° 0°

 Pacific Ocean
9° S  Tuvalu Passing just east of Nukulaelae atoll,
10°

15°

 Pacific Ocean
16°-20°  Fiji Islands of Vanua Levu, Rabi, and Taveuni
30°

40° 50°

 Pacific Ocean
60° 70° Southern Ocean
78° 80° Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

The meridian also passes between (but particularly close to) the Gilbert Islands and the Phoenix Islands islands of  Kiribati; between North Island and the Kermadec Islands of  New Zealand; and between the Bounty Islands and the Chatham Islands, also of  New Zealand.

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