That's right, not even the Greenwich Royal Observatory. However, more often than not, the decision seems to be pretty much economic-based, more than anything else. For the remote islands in the middle of the Pacific, they pretty much get to decide on their own which side of the line they want to be on. In fact, here's a current map. Back in , Samoa decided that it was going to skip December 30 entirely by jumping over the International Date Line, for money-related funsies.
The logistics, according to The New York Times , is enough to make your head spin:. So why was Samoa ever on the other side to begin with? Except now the gold rush is over, and the Asians on the other side are potentially taking Australia along with the rest of the world. Technically, Baker and Howard Island 1 — both U. In this article, we will discuss about why International Date Line is not straight ,.
North Pole and South Pole are two reference points on the Earth and with these two points, a line is drawn which lies exactly midway between the poles i. Further, we drawn a network of lines i. These lines intersect each other at right angles and create a network called a grid or graticule.
These graticule helps us to locate places on the surface of the Earth accurately. Source: http: desktop. The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate through degree longitude. Hence, two places that are 15 degree of longitude apart have a difference of one hour.
As the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Notice how it does not perfectly follow the degrees longitude line. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.
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