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Why is Antarctica in both the eastern hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere?
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Antarctica is in both the eastern AND western hemispheres, and in the southern, of course.
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As to 'why', the answer is simply that the lines drawn by humans over the earth separating hemispheres happen to bisect this continent.
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Is Antarctica in the north or south hemisphere?
Antarctica is in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere. As well, parts of it are in the Eastern and parts in the Western Hemisphere.
Is the tropic of Capricorn found in the west or east hemisphere?
The Tropic of Capricorn is completely in the Southern Hemisphere. In addition, half of it crosses the entire eastern Hemisphere, and the other half crosses the entire western one.
Is France eastern or western hemisphere?
France is a part of both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. The dividing line is the Prime Meridian, so most of France is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Is there a north-eastern hemisphere?
A hemisphere, is the splitting up of the earth on the longitudinal and latitudinal lines at 0 degree. As such there can be a northern hemisphere, and an eastern hemisphere. However, there can be no North-Eastern hemisphere as this does not follow any 0 degree lines.
Is Kilauea located in the Eastern or Western hemisphere?
neither
What hemisphere is Antarctica in?
Antarctica is located in the Southern, Western and Eastern hemispheres.
Is antarctica in the eastern western and southern hemisphere?
Yes, Antarctica is in the eastern hemisphere, the western hemisphere, and the southern hemisphere, but not the northern hemisphere. That is because Antarctica is split up into the three other hemispheres.
Is most of Antarctica in the Eastern or Western hemisphere?
Most of Antarctica lies in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Is Antarctica and the Eastern Hemisphere or Western Hemisphere?
Antarctica is in both hemispheres, and it also in the Southern Hemisphere.
What are the eastern hemisphere and the western hemisphere?
Antarctica, Africa, and Europe.
What two hemisphere are in antarctica?
Actually, Antarctica is in three hemisphere: Southern, Eastern and Western.
Is antarctica mostly in the eastern hemisphere?
Antarctica is in the centre of the Southern Hemisphere, and is half in each of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What hemisphere is antarctica?
Southern, Eastern, and Western.
Which hemisphere connects all of Antarctica?
Part of Antarctica lies in the Eastern hemisphere, part of it lies in the Western hemisphere, but all of it lies in the Southern hemisphere.
Is Antarctica in the northen or southern hemisphere?
Antarctica is completely in the southern hemisphere. In addition, part of it is in the eastern hemisphere, and the rest is in the western one.
What hemisphere would Antarctica be in?
Antarctica would be in the Southern Hemisphere. It's also in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Is Antarctica in the north or south hemisphere?
Antarctica is in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere. As well, parts of it are in the Eastern and parts in the Western Hemisphere.
