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{{see also|Americas}}
[[File:Western Hemisphere LamAz.png|thumb|right|The Western Hemisphere]]
The '''Western Hemisphere'''<ref>{{citation | title = [[Oxford Dictionary of English]] | edition = 2nd | year = 2006 | place = London, UK | publisher = Oxford University Press | page = 2001}}<br>- {{citation | contribution = Western /western%20hemisphere | title = Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary | edition = based on Collegiate vol., 11th | year = 2006 | place = Springfield, MA | publisher = Merriam-Webster}}</ref> is a [[geography|geographical]] term for the half of the [[earth]] that lies [[west]] of the [[Prime meridian]] (which crosses [[Greenwich]], [[UK]]) and [[east]] of the [[antimeridian]], the other half being called the [[Eastern Hemisphere]].<ref>{{citation|website=Britannica.com|title=Western Hemisphere|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Hemisphere}}</ref>
In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the [[Americas]], the western portions of [[Eurasia]] and [[Africa]], the extreme eastern tip of [[Russia]], numerous territories in [[Oceania]], and a portion of [[Antarctica]], while excluding some of the [[Aleutian Islands]] to the southwest of the [[Alaska]]n mainland.
In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the [[Old World]], there also exist projections which use the [[20th meridian west]] and the diametrically opposed [[160th meridian east]] to define the hemisphere.<ref>{{citation | last = Olson | first = Judy M | contribution = Projecting the hemisphere | url=https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/projection/ |title=Matching the map projection to the need | editor1-last = Robinson | editor1-first = Arthur H | editor2-last = Snyder | editor2-first = John P | year = 1997 | place = Bethesda, MD | publisher = Cartography and Geographic Information Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping}}.<br>- {{citation | contribution = Western Hemisphere | title = Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary | edition = 3rd | year = 2001 | place = Springfield, Massachusetts | publisher = Merriam-Webster | page = 1294}}.</ref> This projection excludes the European and African mainlands and a small portion of northeast [[Greenland]], but includes more of eastern Russia and Oceania.
The center of the Western Hemisphere is located in the [[Pacific Ocean]] at the intersection of the [[90th meridian west]] and the [[equator]] very close to the [[Gal%C3%A1pagos]].
The [[List of highest mountains|highest mountain]] in the Western Hemisphere is [[Aconcagua]] in the Andes of [[Argentina]] at {{convert|6960.8|m|ft}}.
<ref name="UNC-Sigma">{{cite web |url=http://www.uncu.edu.ar/novedades/index/informe-cientifico-que-estudia-el-aconcagua-el-coloso-de-america-mide-69608-metros|title= Informe científico que estudia el Aconcagua, el Coloso de América mide 6960,8 metros|language= Spanish|trans_title = Scientific Report on Aconcagua, the Colossus of America measures 6960,8m |year= 2012|work= |publisher= [[Universidad Nacional de Cuyo]]|accessdate=September 3, 2012}}</ref>
==Countries in both hemispheres==
Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres on the [[IERS Reference Meridian]], in order from north to south:
*{{flagdeco|Denmark|size=23px}} [[Denmark]] (due to [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]; mainland Denmark lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
*{{flagdeco|Norway|size=23px}} [[Norway]] (due to [[Jan Mayen]]; mainland Norway lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
*{{Flagdeco|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[United Kingdom]]
*{{flagdeco|Netherlands|size=23px}} [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]] (The islands of the [[Caribbean Netherlands]] lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere while the [[European Netherlands]] lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere.)
*{{flagdeco|France|size=23px}} [[France]]
*{{flagdeco|Spain|size=23px}} [[Spain]]
*{{flagdeco|Algeria|size=23px}} [[Algeria]]
*{{flagdeco|Mali|size=23px}} [[Mali]]
*{{flagdeco|Burkina Faso|size=23px}} [[Burkina Faso]]
*{{flagdeco|Togo|size=23px}} [[Togo]]
*{{flagdeco|Ghana|size=23px}} [[Ghana]]
Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres along the [[180th meridian]], in order from north to south:
*{{flagdeco|Russia|size=23px}} [[Russia]]
*{{flagdeco|United States|size=23px}} [[United States]] ([[List of islands of the United States|United States islands]])
*{{flagdeco|Kiribati|size=23px}} [[Kiribati]]
*{{flagdeco|Fiji|size=23px}} [[Fiji]]
*{{flagdeco|New Zealand|size=23px}} [[New Zealand]] ([[Kermadec Islands|Kermadec]] and [[Chatham Islands|Chatham Island]] groups are east of the 180th meridian)
==Countries in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas==
The following nations lie outside the Americas yet are partially or entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
*{{flagdeco|Algeria|size=23px}} [[Algeria]]
*{{flagdeco|American Samoa|size=23px}} [[American Samoa]] (United States of America)
*{{flagdeco|Burkina Faso|size=23px}} [[Burkina Faso]]
*{{flagdeco|Cape Verde|size=23px}} [[Cape Verde]]
*{{flagdeco|Cook Islands|size=23px}} [[Cook Islands]]
*{{flagdeco|Faroe Islands|size=23px}} [[Faroe Islands]] (Denmark)
*{{flagdeco|France|size=23px}} [[France]] ([[Metropolitan France|Metropolitan]])
**{{flagdeco|French Polynesia|size=23px}} [[French Polynesia]]
**{{flagdeco|Wallis and Futuna|size=23px}} [[Wallis and Futuna]]
*{{flagdeco|Gambia|size=23px}} [[Gambia]]
*{{flagdeco|Ghana|size=23px}} [[Ghana]]
*{{flagdeco|Greenland|size=23px}} [[Greenland]] (Denmark)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldey.de/English/sights/neighbours/greenland/greenland.html|title=Greenland|work=Eldey.de}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/faq/geography.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Guinea|size=23px}} [[Guinea]]
*{{flagdeco|Guinea-Bissau|size=23px}} [[Guinea-Bissau]]
*{{flagdeco|Iceland|size=23px}} [[Iceland]]
*{{flagdeco|Ireland|size=23px}} [[Ireland]]
*{{flagdeco|Ivory Coast|size=23px}} [[Ivory Coast]]
*{{flagdeco|Kiribati|size=23px}} [[Kiribati]]
*{{flagdeco|Liberia|size=23px}} [[Liberia]]
*{{flagdeco|Mali|size=23px}} [[Mali]]
*{{flagdeco|Mauritania|size=23px}} [[Mauritania]]
*{{flagdeco|Morocco|size=23px}} [[Morocco]]
**{{flagdeco|Western Sahara|size=23px}} [[Western Sahara]]
*{{flagdeco|Niue|size=23px}} [[Niue]]
*{{flagdeco|Portugal|size=23px}} [[Portugal]]
*{{flagdeco|Russia|size=23px}} [[Russia]]
*{{flagdeco|Samoa|size=23px}} [[Samoa]]
*{{flagdeco|Senegal|size=23px}} [[Senegal]]
*{{flagdeco|Sierra Leone|size=23px}} [[Sierra Leone]]
*{{flagdeco|Spain|size=23px}} [[Spain]]
*{{flagdeco|Togo|size=23px}} [[Togo]]
*{{flagdeco|Tokelau|size=23px}} [[Tokelau]] (New Zealand)
*{{flagdeco|Tonga|size=23px}} [[Tonga]]
*{{flagdeco|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[United Kingdom]]
**{{flagdeco|Gibraltar|size=23px}} [[Gibraltar]]
**{{flagdeco|Guernsey|size=23px}} [[Guernsey]]
**{{flagdeco|Isle of Man|size=23px}} [[Isle of Man]]
**{{flagdeco|Jersey|size=23px}} [[Jersey]]
**{{flagdeco|Pitcairn Islands|size=23px}} [[Pitcairn Islands]]
**{{flagdeco|Saint Helena|size=23px}} [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
**{{flagdeco|Falkland Islands|size=23px}} [[Falkland Islands]]
==Sources==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Western Hemisphere}}
{{coord|0|N|90|W|dim:10000000|display=title}}
{{Hemispheres of the Earth}}
[[Category:Hemispheres of the Earth]]
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{NPOV|date=May 2017}}
{{see also|Americas}}
[[File:Western Hemisphere LamAz.png|thumb|right|The Western Hemisphere]]
The '''Western Hemisphere'''<ref>{{citation | title = [[Oxford Dictionary of English]] | edition = 2nd | year = 2006 | place = London, UK | publisher = Oxford University Press | page = 2001}}<br>- {{citation | contribution = Western /western%20hemisphere | title = Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary | edition = based on Collegiate vol., 11th | year = 2006 | place = Springfield, MA | publisher = Merriam-Webster}}</ref> is a [[geography|geographical]] term for the half of the [[earth]] that lies [[west]] of the [[Prime meridian]] (which crosses [[Greenwich]], [[UK]]) and [[east]] of the [[antimeridian]], the other half being called the [[Eastern Hemisphere]].<ref>{{citation|website=Britannica.com|title=Western Hemisphere|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Hemisphere}}</ref>
In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the [[Americas]], the western portions of [[Eurasia]] and [[Africa]], the extreme eastern tip of [[Russia]], numerous territories in [[Oceania]], and a portion of [[Antarctica]], while excluding some of the [[Aleutian Islands]] to the southwest of the [[Alaska]]n mainland.
In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the [[Old World]], there also exist projections which use the [[20th meridian west]] and the diametrically opposed [[160th meridian east]] to define the hemisphere.<ref>{{citation | last = Olson | first = Judy M | contribution = Projecting the hemisphere | url=https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/projection/ |title=Matching the map projection to the need | editor1-last = Robinson | editor1-first = Arthur H | editor2-last = Snyder | editor2-first = John P | year = 1997 | place = Bethesda, MD | publisher = Cartography and Geographic Information Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping}}.<br>- {{citation | contribution = Western Hemisphere | title = Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary | edition = 3rd | year = 2001 | place = Springfield, Massachusetts | publisher = Merriam-Webster | page = 1294}}.</ref> This projection excludes the European and African mainlands and a small portion of northeast [[Greenland]], but includes more of eastern Russia and Oceania.
The center of the Western Hemisphere is located in the [[Pacific Ocean]] at the intersection of the [[90th meridian west]] and the [[equator]] very close to the [[Gal%C3%A1pagos]].
The [[List of highest mountains|highest mountain]] in the Western Hemisphere is [[Aconcagua]] in the Andes of [[Argentina]] at shit sex
.Countries in both hemispheres
Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres on the [[IERS Reference Meridian]], in order from north to south:
*{{flagdeco|Denmark|size=23px}} [[Denmark]] (due to [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]; mainland Denmark lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
*{{flagdeco|Norway|size=23px}} [[Norway]] (due to [[Jan Mayen]]; mainland Norway lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
*{{Flagdeco|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[United Kingdom]]
*{{flagdeco|Netherlands|size=23px}} [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]] (The islands of the [[Caribbean Netherlands]] lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere while the [[European Netherlands]] lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere.)
*{{flagdeco|France|size=23px}} [[France]]
*{{flagdeco|Spain|size=23px}} [[Spain]]
*{{flagdeco|Algeria|size=23px}} [[Algeria]]
*{{flagdeco|Mali|size=23px}} [[Mali]]
*{{flagdeco|Burkina Faso|size=23px}} [[Burkina Faso]]
*{{flagdeco|Togo|size=23px}} [[Togo]]
*{{flagdeco|Ghana|size=23px}} [[Ghana]]
Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres along the [[180th meridian]], in order from north to south:
*{{flagdeco|Russia|size=23px}} [[Russia]]
*{{flagdeco|United States|size=23px}} [[United States]] ([[List of islands of the United States|United States islands]])
*{{flagdeco|Kiribati|size=23px}} [[Kiribati]]
*{{flagdeco|Fiji|size=23px}} [[Fiji]]
*{{flagdeco|New Zealand|size=23px}} [[New Zealand]] ([[Kermadec Islands|Kermadec]] and [[Chatham Islands|Chatham Island]] groups are east of the 180th meridian)
==Countries in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas==
The following nations lie outside the Americas yet are partially or entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
*{{flagdeco|Algeria|size=23px}} [[Algeria]]
*{{flagdeco|American Samoa|size=23px}} [[American Samoa]] (United States of America)
*{{flagdeco|Burkina Faso|size=23px}} [[Burkina Faso]]
*{{flagdeco|Cape Verde|size=23px}} [[Cape Verde]]
*{{flagdeco|Cook Islands|size=23px}} [[Cook Islands]]
*{{flagdeco|Faroe Islands|size=23px}} [[Faroe Islands]] (Denmark)
*{{flagdeco|France|size=23px}} [[France]] ([[Metropolitan France|Metropolitan]])
**{{flagdeco|French Polynesia|size=23px}} [[French Polynesia]]
**{{flagdeco|Wallis and Futuna|size=23px}} [[Wallis and Futuna]]
*{{flagdeco|Gambia|size=23px}} [[Gambia]]
*{{flagdeco|Ghana|size=23px}} [[Ghana]]
*{{flagdeco|Greenland|size=23px}} [[Greenland]] (Denmark)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldey.de/English/sights/neighbours/greenland/greenland.html|title=Greenland|work=Eldey.de}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/faq/geography.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Guinea|size=23px}} [[Guinea]]
*{{flagdeco|Guinea-Bissau|size=23px}} [[Guinea-Bissau]]
*{{flagdeco|Iceland|size=23px}} [[Iceland]]
*{{flagdeco|Ireland|size=23px}} [[Ireland]]
*{{flagdeco|Ivory Coast|size=23px}} [[Ivory Coast]]
*{{flagdeco|Kiribati|size=23px}} [[Kiribati]]
*{{flagdeco|Liberia|size=23px}} [[Liberia]]
*{{flagdeco|Mali|size=23px}} [[Mali]]
*{{flagdeco|Mauritania|size=23px}} [[Mauritania]]
*{{flagdeco|Morocco|size=23px}} [[Morocco]]
**{{flagdeco|Western Sahara|size=23px}} [[Western Sahara]]
*{{flagdeco|Niue|size=23px}} [[Niue]]
*{{flagdeco|Portugal|size=23px}} [[Portugal]]
*{{flagdeco|Russia|size=23px}} [[Russia]]
*{{flagdeco|Samoa|size=23px}} [[Samoa]]
*{{flagdeco|Senegal|size=23px}} [[Senegal]]
*{{flagdeco|Sierra Leone|size=23px}} [[Sierra Leone]]
*{{flagdeco|Spain|size=23px}} [[Spain]]
*{{flagdeco|Togo|size=23px}} [[Togo]]
*{{flagdeco|Tokelau|size=23px}} [[Tokelau]] (New Zealand)
*{{flagdeco|Tonga|size=23px}} [[Tonga]]
*{{flagdeco|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[United Kingdom]]
**{{flagdeco|Gibraltar|size=23px}} [[Gibraltar]]
**{{flagdeco|Guernsey|size=23px}} [[Guernsey]]
**{{flagdeco|Isle of Man|size=23px}} [[Isle of Man]]
**{{flagdeco|Jersey|size=23px}} [[Jersey]]
**{{flagdeco|Pitcairn Islands|size=23px}} [[Pitcairn Islands]]
**{{flagdeco|Saint Helena|size=23px}} [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
**{{flagdeco|Falkland Islands|size=23px}} [[Falkland Islands]]
==Sources==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Western Hemisphere}}
{{coord|0|N|90|W|dim:10000000|display=title}}
{{Hemispheres of the Earth}}
[[Category:Hemispheres of the Earth]]
[[he:המיספירה#חצי הכדור המערבי]]' |