Eastern Hemisphere

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The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies east of the Prime Meridian and west of the 180th meridian, encompassing most of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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Label Occurrences
Eastern Hemisphere canonical 155

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
hemisphere of Earth
alsoKnownAs Eastern half of Earth
containsCountry Australia
surface form: Australia (country)

China
Egypt
France (partly)
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Nigeria
Russia (mostly)
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom (partly)

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
containsMostOf Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
Indian Ocean
world land area
world population
coordinateRange 0°E to 180°E longitude (conventional)
definedBy longitudinal division of Earth
hasCulturalConcept Old World
includesContinent Africa
Antarctica (partially)
Asia
Australia
Europe
includesOcean Arctic Ocean
surface form: Arctic Ocean (eastern part)

Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)

Indian Ocean
western Pacific Ocean
surface form: Pacific Ocean (western part)

Southern Ocean
surface form: Southern Ocean (eastern part)
liesEastOf Prime Meridian
liesWestOf 180th meridian
oppositeOf Western Hemisphere
overlapsWith Old World
partOf Earth
timeZonesRange UTC−1 to UTC+12 (approximate)
usedIn cartography
geography
geopolitics

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

Wakefield River isLocatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
North-East Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
West-Central Korea locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
Eastern Eurasia locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere