Western Hemisphere

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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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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

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Southeastern Pacific Ocean locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Sierra de la Victoria isInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Gulf of Panama locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Dixfield, Maine locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Valcartier, Quebec locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Zamora-Chinchipe Province locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Schroon, New York locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Segunda Angostura locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
English Glacier isInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Illapel locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil hasCoordinateRegion Western Hemisphere
subject surface form: Horizontina
Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism region Western Hemisphere
South Pacific Ocean locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Roca Sur locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Western Caribbean locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Neotropical realm locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Coronel locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Union of American Republics operatesIn Western Hemisphere
Villa Alemana locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Yucatán Basin hemisphere Western Hemisphere
Palmer Land locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine mainSubject Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine declares Western Hemisphere
this entity surface form: Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization
Monroe Doctrine region Western Hemisphere
Queen Mary’s Peak locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Spring Garden locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
New Hyde Park, New York, United States locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
subject surface form: New Hyde Park, New York
Inter-American Democratic Charter scope Western Hemisphere
WHA appliesToJurisdiction Western Hemisphere
Campo de Hielo Norte locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Southwestern Europe locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere
Northwest Africa locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Martin Waldseemüller mapDepicts Western Hemisphere
Antilles locatedIn Western Hemisphere
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania hasCoordinateRegion Western Hemisphere
America locatedInHemisphere Western Hemisphere