Western Hemisphere - wikipedia Western Hemisphere The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. ( May 2017 ) See also : Americas The Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of the earth which lies west of the Prime meridian ( which crosses Greenwich, UK ) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the Americas, the western portions of Eurasia and Africa, the extreme eastern tip of Russia, numerous territories in Oceania, and a portion of Antarctica, while excluding some of the Aleutian Islands to the southwest of the Alaskan mainland. In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the Old World, there also exist projections which use the 20th meridian west and the diametrically opposed 160th meridian east to define the hemisphere. This projection excludes the European and African mainlands and a small portion of northeast Greenland, but includes more of eastern Russia and Oceania. The center of the Western Hemisphere is located in the Pacific Ocean at the intersection of the 90th meridian west and the equator very close to the Galápagos. The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Aconcagua in the Andes of Argentina at 6,960.8 metres ( 22,837 ft ). Contents 1 Countries in both hemispheres 2 Countries in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas 3 Sources 4 External links Countries in both Hemispheres Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres on the IERS Reference Meridian, in order from north to south : Denmark ( due to Greenland and the Faroe Islands ; mainland Denmark lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere ). Norway ( due to Jan Mayen ; mainland Norway lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere ). United Kingdom Netherlands ( The islands of the Caribbean Netherlands lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere while the European Netherlands lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere. ) France Spain Algeria Mali Burkina Faso Togo Ghana Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres along the 180th meridian, in order from north to south : Russia United States ( United States islands ) Kiribati Fiji New Zealand ( Kermadec and Chatham Island groups are east of the 180th meridian ) Countries in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas The following nations lie outside the Americas yet are partially or entirely within the Western Hemisphere. Algeria American Samoa ( United States of America ) Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cook Islands Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) France ( Metropolitan ) French Polynesia Wallis and Futuna Gambia Ghana Greenland ( Denmark ) Guinea Guinea - Bissau Iceland Ireland Ivory Coast Kiribati Liberia Mali Mauritania Morocco Western Sahara Niue Portugal Russia Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Spain Togo Tokelau ( New Zealand ) Tonga United Kingdom Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Falkland Islands Sources Jump up ^ Oxford Dictionary of English ( 2nd ed. ), London, UK : Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 2001 - `` Western / western % 20hemisphere '', Merriam Webster 's Online Dictionary ( based on Collegiate vol., 11th ed. ), Springfield, MA : Merriam - Webster, 2006 Jump up ^ `` Western Hemisphere '', Britannica.com Jump up ^ Olson, Judy M ( 1997 ), `` Projecting the hemisphere '', in Robinson, Arthur H ; Snyder, John P, Matching the map projection to the need, Bethesda, MD : Cartography and Geographic Information Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. - `` Western Hemisphere '', Merriam - Webster 's Geographical Dictionary ( 3rd ed. ), Springfield, Massachusetts : Merriam - Webster, 2001, p. 1294. Jump up ^ `` Informe científico que estudia el Aconcagua, el Coloso de América mide 6960, 8 metros '' ( Scientific Report on Aconcagua, the Colossus of America measures 6960, 8m ) ( in Spanish ). Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Greenland ''. Eldey.de. - `` Frequently Asked Questions ''. National Geographic. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Western Hemisphere. 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Question: in which two hemispheres is the united states found
Answer: Western and Eastern Hemispheres