Western Hemisphere

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geographical region hemisphere of Earth

The Western Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the 180th meridian, encompassing the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Western Hemisphere canonical	491
Western Hemisphere globe	1
Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization	1
Western hemisphere	1
the Western Hemisphere	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ hemisphere of Earth ⓘ
boundedBy	180th meridian ⓘ Prime Meridian ⓘ
centeredOn	Americas ⓘ
contains	Amazon River ⓘ Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Greenwich Mean Time−offset time zones ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ surface form: Sahara Desert (western part) Southern Ocean ⓘ
containsCountries	Algeria ⓘ surface form: Algeria (western part) Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Morocco (western part) ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom (western part) ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coordinateSystem	Earth longitude-latitude grid ⓘ
definedBy	longitudinal boundaries ⓘ
geodesicDefinition	all points on Earth with longitudes between 0°W/0°E and 180°W/180°E ⓘ
includes	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ Greenland ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ parts of Antarctica ⓘ parts of Western Africa ⓘ parts of Western Europe ⓘ
liesEastOf	180th meridian ⓘ
liesWestOf	Prime Meridian ⓘ
majorLandmasses	Americas ⓘ Greenland ⓘ western parts of Africa ⓘ western parts of Eurasia ⓘ
oppositeOf	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
timeStandardReference	Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
usedIn	cartography ⓘ geography ⓘ geopolitics ⓘ

Referenced by (495)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North America → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → hemispherePresence → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Organization of American States → geopoliticalScope → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Caribbean → partOf → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

South America → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Town of Keene, New York → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Central America → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

San Juan Cathedral → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

British Security Coordination → operatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Eastern Hemisphere → oppositeOf → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Argentina → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Ovalle → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Canada West Coast → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Iberian Peninsula → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Red River County, Texas → isLocatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Aconcagua → isHighestPointOf → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Greater Antilles → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Latin America → partOf → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Eurasia → isPartOf → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Independence High School → hasCoordinateRegion → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

East Coast of the United States → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → regionServed → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Gulf of Mexico → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

West Africa → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → regionServed → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → appliesToJurisdiction → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Saint Helena → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Northern Triangle of Central America → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Museum Campus Chicago → hasCoordinateRegion → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

South American Plate → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Americas → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Southern Africa → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Taʻū → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Brazil → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Wood Village, Oregon → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Magallanes Region (historically) → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

subject surface form: Magallanes Region

Gulf of Maine → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Central Africa → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Golden Horseshoe → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Operation Anadyr → location → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

BSC → regionServed → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

subject surface form: British Security Coordination

Gulf of Ancud → isInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Southern Cone → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

New World → refersTo → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

New World → geographicScope → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Lucayan Archipelago → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

northern Argentina → locatedIn → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Argentina

Antofagasta → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ

Copiapó → locatedInHemisphere → Western Hemisphere ⓘ