Subject: Re: Plate Tectonics and Lat/Long boundaries<br/>
Date: Nov 13, 2003 @ 19:49<br/>
Author: adamnvillani (&quot;adamnvillani&quot; &lt;avillani@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-887935576">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I don&#39;t believe the international dateline has ever been <br/>
 </span></blockquote>established by <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; treaty, and is simply down to convention or the wishes of the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>territories <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; in the vicinity of 180 degrees. In particular, Kiribati moved it a <br/>
 </span></blockquote>long way <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; eastwards in 1995 so that all its islands would have the same date.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>That&#39;s true. Unfortunately I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever seen a map that <br/>
wasn&#39;t specifically a time zone map that accurately showed the <br/>
Kiribati realignment.<br/>
<br/>
Adam</div>