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There are a great multitude of nations which lie entirely west of the Prime Meridian. All of North, Central, and South America lie west of the Prime Meridian as do some European and African nations. European nations: Iceland Ireland Portugal African nations: Morocco Mauritania Senegal Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Liberia Cote d'Ivoire (Western Sahara) Note: Since the Earth is spherical (shaped like a ball), you can reach any country on the globe by traveling west frpom the Prime Meridian. So, in summary, the only countries that do NOT lie entirely west of the Prime Meridian are those that are traversed by it.
There are a great multitude of nations which lie entirely west of the Prime Meridian. All of North, Central, and South America lie west of the Prime Meridian as do some European and African nations. European nations: Iceland Ireland Portugal African nations: Morocco Mauritania Senegal Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Liberia Cote d'Ivoire (Western Sahara)
-- Algeria -- Mali -- Burkina Faso -- Togo -- Ghana
This is called the Prime meridian, it passes through Greenwich, England.
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The southernmost land crossed by the Prime Meridian is the Antarctic continent, but there are no countries there. The southernmost country on the Prime Meridian is Ghana.
No. The international prime meridian passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. There's nothing in principle stopping an Asian country from declaring its own prime meridian passing wherever it wants it to be, but they'd be different from the standardized maps of almost all other nations if they did so.
A small proportion is, most of Africa is east of the prime meridian.