Talk:Semisopochnoi Island
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Semisoposhnoi in Russian language means "having seven (volcanic) hills".--CopperKettle 13:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not in Eastern Hemisphere
According to the Eastern Hemisphere article, the Eastern Hemisphere is bounded by the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line, not the 180th Meridian; this would mean Semisoposhnoi is not in the Eastern Hemisphere, and is therefore not a candidate for the most easterly point in North America. I am removing the reference.Vulcan's Forge (talk) 01:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- The Eastern Hemisphere article was simply wrong; I've corrected it. A hemisphere is "A half of a sphere bounded by a great circle" or "Either the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian" or "half of the terrestrial globe" (Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004, or WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hemisphere accessed: May 23, 2008). As the Prime Meridian article correctly notes, "The Prime Meridian and the opposite 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres." The Western Hemisphere article also correctly states, "The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere[1] or western hemisphere,[2] is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich in London, England, United Kingdom), the other half being the eastern hemisphere." All longitudes east of zero degrees and west of 180 degrees are labeled "East". Semisopochnoi Island, as the article states, is at 179 degrees East and therefore is at least arguably in the eastern hemisphere. This and related articles use terms such as "arguably" to qualify claims of being the easternmost point and as such should remain. Station1 (talk) 06:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
