180 Degree Meridian Countries

Name the countries whose land territory lies on or nearest to the 180 degree meridian, which the International Date Line follows for much of its length.
Closest by degrees of longitude, not absolute distance
Countries in red do not appear in the Countries of the World quiz, but appear in the the Countries 197 to 205 quiz
In this series: 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 degrees west, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 degrees east, and 180 degrees
Inspired by Prime Meridian Countries by buck1017 - be sure to try that!
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First submittedSeptember 22, 2014
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distance
country
Fiji
Russia
0.13°
Tuvalu
0.22°
United States
1.42°
New Zealand
3.50°
Kiribati
4.64°
Tonga
distance
country
7.20°
Samoa
7.83°
Marshall Islands
9.76°
Vanuatu
10.05°
Niue
11.87°
France
New Caledonia
13.04°
Nauru
13.87°
Solomon Islands
distance
country
14.12°
Cook Islands
16.96°
Micronesia
24.05°
Papua New Guinea
26.36°
Australia
34.18°
Japan
39.00°
Indonesia
45.35°
Palau
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9 Comments
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Level 79
Sep 22, 2014
Another cool set of quizzes, well done!

Typing 'USA' doesn't work

Minor note: being closer by longitude doesn't necessarily mean being actually closer in km as it's a distance that varies with latitude (hope that was clear!)

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Level 76
Sep 22, 2014
Thanks - quiz updated to address these.
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Level 73
Oct 5, 2014
Great quiz! By the way could you accept New Guinea? Most quizzes do!
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Level 55
Oct 9, 2014
Thanks to you I know that Russia isn't the only country on the 180th meridian!
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Level 81
Aug 23, 2016
Well that was irritating. Missed NZ despite getting Cook Islands and Niue. Was sure I'd entered it, despite the evidence had I bothered to read over my answers.
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Level 68
Jan 16, 2017
How come France doesn't make it to that list ? New Caledonia and French Polynesia should be there.
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Level 76
Jan 17, 2017
We'll give you that one for free! New Caledonia doesn't fall into the it's-a-part-of-France-or-it-isn't category, it's in an in-between state.
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Level 62
Jun 15, 2017
LOVE this series!
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Level 54
Nov 4, 2025
Can you add FSM for Micronesia? It works in Countries of the world and other quizzes but it doesn't work here