tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3734049737782998542..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The easternmost point in the U.S. has a volcanoMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45177832741715523372021-06-29T15:45:18.879-05:002021-06-29T15:45:18.879-05:00Then some annoying pedant like me might point out ...Then some annoying pedant like me might point out that we typically call that half of the great circle traced out by extending the prime meridian through the poles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180th_meridian" rel="nofollow">the 180th meridian or the antimeridian</a>. 😛nolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-37989614978979861732021-04-25T16:40:49.680-05:002021-04-25T16:40:49.680-05:00That's why I indicated that the argument will ...That's why I indicated that the argument will annoy people. The island is the tip of Alaska that is farthest to the west, but its geographic coordinates are 51° 57′ 5″ N, 179° 36′ 3″ E. The most "east" you can go in the world is to 180 degrees East, and this island is 179 degrees, 36+ minutes.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-38810036944877217162021-04-25T15:42:54.784-05:002021-04-25T15:42:54.784-05:00My sense of direction must be off. Isn't this ...My sense of direction must be off. Isn't this island located West of Alaska making it the Western most point of America?Geovothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480722947140544133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79428698329836362792021-04-25T14:18:57.444-05:002021-04-25T14:18:57.444-05:00Just north of the island is a gap in the Google ph...Just north of the island is a gap in the Google photo pool. Note the vertical black line. I saw a discontinuity in the satellite image for the island and thought it might be a hint or artifact of the Dateline or meridian, but not so. I do not know what it means - perhap just a projection error.<br /><br />https://www.google.com/maps/place/Semisopochnoi+Island/@56.1782444,179.728003,89040m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x58270b443d332cbb:0x7eb4c4032df479d!8m2!3d51.957471!4d179.6411534?hl=enscouter573https://www.blogger.com/profile/10617089494446058172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34628913392709591332021-04-24T11:02:33.045-05:002021-04-24T11:02:33.045-05:00Ouch! You got me on that one. I was a bit carele...Ouch! You got me on that one. I was a bit careless while writing the post. Text amended, with a link. Thank you for the proofreading, Charles.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58456205961522878022021-04-24T10:14:30.059-05:002021-04-24T10:14:30.059-05:00But what do you do when they point out that Semiso...But what do you do when they point out that Semisopochnoi Islands isn't over the International Date Line and is only over the Prime Meridian?Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876740761138790290noreply@blogger.com