Subject: Re: Russia Extremes (and relation to 180 Meridien)<br/>
Date: Feb 10, 2005 @ 20:53<br/>
Author: Roger_Rowlett (&quot;Roger_Rowlett&quot; &lt;roger.rowlett@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1825065569">Thanks that was exactly what I was looking for.<br/>
<br/>
Most people probably think the 180 dateline meridian passes between <br/>
Russia and the U.S. between the Diomede Islands in the Bering Stait.  <br/>
In fact that&#39;s approximately the 169 W Longitude.  <br/>
<br/>
Doing some quick great circle calculations here, Russia extends 311 <br/>
miles (500km) into the Western Hemisphere while the U.S. extends <br/>
about 296 miles (476km) into the Eastern Hemisphere (even though <br/>
Russia extends to nearly 169W while the US extends to nearly 173E).  <br/>
The similarity in distance from the meridien despite the 4 degree <br/>
variance in longitude is due to the fact that Attu at 52 54 09 is 892 <br/>
statute miles (1,435km) south of the Diomede Islands at 65 48 12 (the <br/>
Aleutians are also the southern point of the Alaska).  If you want to <br/>
play with the numbers you could say the two countries parallel each <br/>
other for an astonishing 600 miles (1,000km)!<br/>
<br/>
Thanks again.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
From:  &quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@y...&gt; <br/>
Date:  Thu Feb 10, 2005  10:51 am <br/>
Subject:  Re: Russia Extremes (and relation to 180 Meridien)<br/>
<br/>
the map at the end of this official but as yet unratified treaty<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://russia.shaps.hawaii.edu/fp/us/agree.html">http://russia.shaps.hawaii.edu/fp/us/agree.html</a><br/>
gives west longitude 168deg 58min 37sec as wet rue<br/>
aka the easternmost extremity of russian territorial waters<br/>
but it is based on a fully ratified 1867 treaty<br/>
so i presume it is correct & effective<br/>
<br/>
that is absolute rue too<br/>
<br/>
& dry rue<br/>
aka the easternmost point of dry land in russia<br/>
is about 1500 meters west of that<br/>
on the easternmost point of big diomede island<br/>
<br/>
but i could only approximate the longitude for that<br/>
if you still want it anyway</div>