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For the Brave Saint Saturn album, see <a href="/wiki/Brave_Saint_Saturn#Discography" title="Brave Saint Saturn">Brave Saint Saturn § Discography</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with ante meridiem (AM), the time before midday, for which see <a href="/wiki/12-hour_clock" title="12-hour clock">12-hour clock</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A map of the Earth with the Pacific Ocean in the centre, with a vertical red line running the full height just west of the Bering Strait and east of New Zealand." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg/300px-Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg/450px-Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg/600px-Earth_map_with_180th_meridian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>The 180th meridian on a map of Earth.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>Map all coordinates using</b> <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=180th_meridian">OpenStreetMap</a> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="show links" data-collapsetext="Hide"> <p><b>Download coordinates as:</b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=180th_meridian">KML</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=all&titles=180th_meridian">GPX (all coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=primary&titles=180th_meridian">GPX (primary coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=secondary&titles=180th_meridian">GPX (secondary coordinates)</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:International_Date_Line.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/International_Date_Line.png/220px-International_Date_Line.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="482" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/International_Date_Line.png/330px-International_Date_Line.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/International_Date_Line.png/440px-International_Date_Line.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="2081" /></a><figcaption>The International Date Line zigzags around the 180th Meridian.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>180th meridian</b> or <b>antimeridian</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">meridian</a> 180° both east and west of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">prime meridian</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">geographical coordinate system</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> at this line can be given as either <a href="/wiki/East" title="East">east</a> or <a href="/wiki/West" title="West">west</a>. </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, the prime and 180th meridians form a <a href="/wiki/Great_ellipse" title="Great ellipse">great ellipse</a> that divides the planet into the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemispheres</a>. The antimeridian passes mostly through the open waters of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> but also runs across land in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>. An important function of this meridian is its use as the basis for the <a href="/wiki/International_Date_Line" title="International Date Line">International Date Line</a>, which snakes around national borders to maintain date consistency within the territories of Russia, the United States, Kiribati, Fiji and New Zealand. </p><p>Starting at the <a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a> of the Earth and heading south to the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>, the 180th meridian passes through: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="125">Co-ordinates<br />(approximate) </th> <th>Country, territory or sea </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=90_0_N_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Arctic+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">90°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">90.000°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">90.000; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Arctic Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=71_32_N_180_0_E_type:country&title=Russia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">71°32′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">71.533°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">71.533; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Russia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wrangel_Island" title="Wrangel Island">Wrangel Island</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=70_58_N_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Chukchi+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">70°58′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">70.967°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">70.967; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Chukchi Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Chukchi_Sea" title="Chukchi Sea">Chukchi Sea</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=68_59_N_180_0_E_type:country&title=Russia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">68°59′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">68.983°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">68.983; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Russia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=65_02_N_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Bering+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">65°02′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">65.033°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">65.033; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bering Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=52_0_N_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Amchitka+Pass"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.000°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.000; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Amchitka Pass</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Amchitka_Pass" title="Amchitka Pass">Amchitka Pass</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just east of <a href="/wiki/Semisopochnoi_Island" title="Semisopochnoi Island">Semisopochnoi Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=51_57_N_179_47_E_type:isle&title=Semisopochnoi+Island"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°57′N</span> <span class="longitude">179°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.950°N 179.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.950; 179.783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Semisopochnoi Island</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=51_0_N_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.000°N 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.000; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pacific Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just east of <a href="/wiki/Nukulaelae" title="Nukulaelae">Nukulaelae</a> atoll, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=9_25_S_179_52_E_type:isle&title=Nukulaelae+atoll"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°25′S</span> <span class="longitude">179°52′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.417°S 179.867°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-9.417; 179.867</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Nukulaelae atoll</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>)<br /> Passing just west of the island of <a href="/wiki/Cikobia-i-Lau" title="Cikobia-i-Lau">Cikobia-i-Lau</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=15_43_S_179_59_W_type:isle&title=Cikobia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">15°43′S</span> <span class="longitude">179°59′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">15.717°S 179.983°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-15.717; -179.983</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Cikobia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=16_9_S_180_0_E_type:country&title=Fiji"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°9′S</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.150°S 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-16.150; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Fiji</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> </td> <td>Islands of <a href="/wiki/Vanua_Levu" title="Vanua Levu">Vanua Levu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabi_Island" title="Rabi Island">Rabi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taveuni" title="Taveuni">Taveuni</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=16_59_S_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°59′S</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.983°S 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-16.983; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pacific Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just east of the island of <a href="/wiki/Moala_Island" title="Moala Island">Moala</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=18_33_S_179_57_E_type:isle&title=Moala"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°33′S</span> <span class="longitude">179°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.550°S 179.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-18.550; 179.950</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Moala</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>)<br /> Passing just west of the island of <a href="/wiki/Totoya" title="Totoya">Totoya</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=19_0_S_179_52_W_type:isle&title=Totoya"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">179°52′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.000°S 179.867°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-19.000; -179.867</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Totoya</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>)<br /> Passing just east of the island of <a href="/wiki/Matuku_Island" title="Matuku Island">Matuku</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> (at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=19_10_S_179_47_E_type:isle&title=Matuku"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°10′S</span> <span class="longitude">179°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.167°S 179.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-19.167; 179.783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Matuku</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=60_0_S_180_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Southern+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">60°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">60.000°S 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-60.000; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Southern Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=78_13_S_180_0_E_type:country&title=Antarctica"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">78°13′S</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">78.217°S 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-78.217; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Antarctica</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_territorial_claims" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Antarctic territorial claims">claimed</a> by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=180th_meridian&params=90_0_S_180_0_E_type:city&title=Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott+South+Pole+Station"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">90°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">180°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">90.000°S 180.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-90.000; 180.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station" title="Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station">Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TodayYesterday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/TodayYesterday.jpg/220px-TodayYesterday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/TodayYesterday.jpg/330px-TodayYesterday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/TodayYesterday.jpg/440px-TodayYesterday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="997" /></a><figcaption>180° Meridian, <a href="/wiki/Taveuni" title="Taveuni">Taveuni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>. The man pictured is facing southward.</figcaption></figure> <p>The meridian also passes between (but not particularly close to): </p> <ul><li>through the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Island</a> chain of US territory</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Islands" title="Gilbert Islands">Gilbert Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Islands" title="Phoenix Islands">Phoenix Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kermadec_Islands" title="Kermadec Islands">Kermadec Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Bounty_Islands" title="Bounty Islands">Bounty Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Islands" title="Chatham Islands">Chatham Islands</a>, also of New Zealand</li></ul> <p>The only places where roads cross this meridian are in Fiji and Russia. Fiji has several such roads and some buildings very close to it. Russia has three roads in the <a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software_representation_problems">Software representation problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=180th_meridian&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Software representation problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many geographic software libraries or data formats project the world to a rectangle; very often this rectangle is split exactly at the 180th meridian. This often makes it non-trivial to do simple tasks (like representing an area, or a line) over the 180th meridian. Some examples: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/GeoJSON" title="GeoJSON">GeoJSON</a> specification strongly suggests splitting geometries so that neither of their parts cross the antimeridian.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/OpenStreetMap" title="OpenStreetMap">OpenStreetMap</a>, areas (like the boundary of Russia) are split at the 180th meridian.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS">QGIS</a> may present lines and polygons in a wrapped way if they cross the 180 meridian.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=180th_meridian&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/179th_meridian_east" title="179th meridian east">179th meridian east</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/179th_meridian_west" title="179th meridian west">179th meridian west</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">Prime meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Date_Line" title="International Date Line">International Date Line</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=180th_meridian&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The word <i>antimeridian</i> can also mean the meridian opposite to any given meridian. 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title="55th meridian west">55°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:224.4px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/65th_meridian_west" title="65th meridian west">65°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:206.4px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/75th_meridian_west" title="75th meridian west">75°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:184.8px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/85th_meridian_west" title="85th meridian west">85°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:166.8px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/95th_meridian_west" title="95th meridian west">95°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:145.2px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/105th_meridian_west" title="105th meridian west">105°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:123.6px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/115th_meridian_west" title="115th meridian west">115°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:102px; 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title="110th meridian east">110°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:613.2px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/130th_meridian_east" title="130th meridian east">130°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:634.8px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/140th_meridian_east" title="140th meridian east">140°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:674.4px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/160th_meridian_east" title="160th meridian east">160°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:692.4px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/170th_meridian_east" title="170th meridian east">170°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:336px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/10th_meridian_west" title="10th meridian west">10°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:318px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/20th_meridian_west" title="20th meridian west">20°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; 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west">130°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:73.2px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/140th_meridian_west" title="140th meridian west">140°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:33.6px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/160th_meridian_west" title="160th meridian west">160°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:12px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/170th_meridian_west" title="170th meridian west">170°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:175.6px"><b><a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">0°</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:154px"><a href="/wiki/10th_parallel_north" title="10th parallel north">10°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:136px"><a href="/wiki/20th_parallel_north" title="20th parallel north">20°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:114.4px"><a 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font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:197.2px"><a href="/wiki/10th_parallel_south" title="10th parallel south">10°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:215.2px"><a href="/wiki/20th_parallel_south" title="20th parallel south">20°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:236.8px"><a href="/wiki/30th_parallel_south" title="30th parallel south">30°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:254.8px"><a href="/wiki/40th_parallel_south" title="40th parallel south">40°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:276.4px"><a href="/wiki/50th_parallel_south" title="50th parallel south">50°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:294.4px"><a href="/wiki/60th_parallel_south" title="60th parallel south">60°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:316px"><a href="/wiki/70th_parallel_south" title="70th parallel south">70°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:337.6px"><a href="/wiki/80th_parallel_south" title="80th parallel south">80°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-13.2px; top:355.6px"><a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">90°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-27.6px; top:164.08px"><a href="/wiki/5th_parallel_north" title="5th parallel north">5°</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">N</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-27.6px; top:146.8px"><a href="/wiki/15th_parallel_north" title="15th parallel north">15°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-27.6px; top:125.2px"><a href="/wiki/25th_parallel_north" title="25th parallel north">25°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-27.6px; top:103.6px"><a href="/wiki/35th_parallel_north" title="35th parallel north">35°</a></div> <div 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