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The 180th ___MASK81___ or antimeridian is the ___MASK81___ 180 ° east or west of the Prime ___MASK81___ , with which it forms a great ___MASK28___ dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres . It is common to both east longitude and west longitude . It is used as the basis for the International Date Line because it for the most part passes through the open waters of the Pacific ___MASK8___ . However , the ___MASK81___ passes through Russia and Fiji as well as Antarctica . A ___MASK37___ is the ___MASK77___ of all the organisms of the same group or ___MASK55___ , which live in a particular geographical area , and have the capability of interbreeding . The Equator usually refers to an imaginary ___MASK6___ on the Earth ' s ___MASK84___ equidistant from the North ___MASK92___ and South ___MASK92___ , dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere . The Equator is about long ; some 78 . 7 % lies across water and 21 . 3 % over land . Hawaii is the 50th and most recent ___MASK13___ to have joined the United States of America , having received statehood on August 21 , 1959 . Hawaii is the only U . S . ___MASK13___ located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands . It is the northernmost ___MASK85___ in Polynesia , occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific ___MASK8___ . Hawaii is the only U . S . ___MASK13___ not located in the Americas . A ___MASK91___ is a ___MASK66___ of rock , sand , coral or similar material , lying beneath the surface of water . Reefs ___MASK12___ be up to below the surface . The International Date ___MASK6___ ( IDL ) is an imaginary ___MASK6___ of ___MASK87___ on the ___MASK84___ of the Earth that runs from the North ___MASK92___ to the South ___MASK92___ and demarcates the change of one calendar day to the next . It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean , roughly following the 180 ° ___MASK6___ of longitude but deviating to pass around some territories and island groups . Tarawa is an ___MASK79___ and the ___MASK11___ of the Republic of Kiribati , in the central Pacific ___MASK8___ . It comprises North Tarawa , which has much in common with other , more remote islands of the Gilberts group ; and South Tarawa , which is ___MASK34___ to 50 , 182  half of the country ' s total population . The ___MASK79___ is best known by outsiders as the site of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II . The ___MASK6___ Islands , Teraina Islands or Equatorial Islands , is a ___MASK2___ of atolls ( with partially or fully enclosed lagoons ) and coral islands ( with a surrounding ___MASK91___ ). Kingman ___MASK91___ is a largely submerged and Filippo ___MASK91___ is shown on some maps , although its existence is doubted . The islands were formed by volcanic activity and are located in the central Pacific ___MASK8___ , south of the Hawaiian Islands . The 11 islands stretch for in a northwest  southeast direction , making it one of the longest island chains of the world . Eight of the islands form part of Kiribati , while the remaining three are United States territories grouped with the United States Minor Outlying Islands . Only Kiritimati and Tabuaeran atolls and Teraina Island have a permanent population . The Pacific ___MASK8___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic ___MASK8___ in the north to the Southern ___MASK8___ ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . Abemama ( Apamama ) , or for a short ___MASK68___ after appearing on European maps , Roger Simpson Island , is an atoll , one of the Gilberts group in Kiribati , and is located 152 kilometres southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator . Abemama has an area of 27 . 37 square kilometres and a population of 3 , 213 as of 2010 . The islets surround a deep lagoon . The eastern part of the atoll of Abemama is linked together by causeways making automobile traffic possible between the different islets . The outlying islands of Abatiku and Biike are situated on the southwestern side of the atoll . The village of Kariatebike serves as the government center for the atoll which includes an administration building , the police station and a hospital . Abemama was formerly known as Roger Simpson Island , Dundas Island , Hopper Island , or Simpson Island . Kiribati ( or ), officially the ___MASK46___ of Kiribati ( Gilbertese : " Ribaberiki Kiribati "), is an island nation in the central Pacific ___MASK8___ . The permanent population is just over 100 , 000 ( 2011 ), more than half of whom live on Tarawa Atoll . The nation comprises 33 atolls and reef islands and one raised ___MASK86___ , Banaba . They have a total land area of and are dispersed over 3 . 5 million square kilometers ( 1 , 351 , 000 square miles ). Their spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian , although the International Date Line is indented to bring the Line Islands in the same ___MASK26___ as the Kiribati Islands . The International Date Line circumscribes Kiribati by swinging far to the east , almost reaching the 150 ° W meridian . Kiribati ' s easternmost islands , the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii , have the most advanced time on Earth , UTC + 14 hours .