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Most Populous Islands In The Western Hemisphere
These are the islands located ENTIRELY in the western hemisphere with over half a million people.
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Last updated: September 13, 2016
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8 Comments
joez
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2016
Newfoundland and Staten Island would be next at just under half a million.l
cpgatbyu
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Level 86
Sep 13, 2016
The U.S. State Department disagrees: http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/ So does Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/western%20hemisphere Also, the Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Hemisphere Not to mention the National Geographic Society: http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/hemisphere/
joez
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2016
The population of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is over 500,000. Wikipedia.org/wiki/List-of-islands-by-population gives the population of Newfoundland island as 479,105. I'll check for a newer figure.
joez
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2016
The population of Labrador is 26,728. They are not on the island of Newfoundland.
Walacama
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Level 82
Sep 13, 2016
Never thought of Ireland as being in the western hemisphere, but it is. Thanks for the lesson Jetpunk.
joez
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2016
Oh, you are talking about the definition of Western Hemisphere? Mirriam-Webster definition is vague: "the half of the earth comprising North and South America and surrounding waters," It says nothing about where to divide the earth in half. If we want to keep all of Europe together by moving the line westward, then New Zealand automatically becomes part of the western hemisphere. National Geographic offers both possibilities, so it really doesn't disagree with me.Years ago, the geocentric English chose Greenwich Observatory for the prime meridian and all our longitudes are measured from there. I'm sticking with that definition.
CardinalSin
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Level 79
Feb 19, 2020
Glad to hear that you agree that England is the centre of the Universe, by gad!
BonVoyage
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Level 69
Apr 23, 2021
Great quiz, but it's "São Vicente" (not Vincente).
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