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Which island nation straddles all four hemispheres and observes three different time zones?
Answer
Kiribati
Kiribati consists of 33 atolls and islands spread across three archipelagos with time zones UTC+12, UTC+13, and UTC+14. It's the only country in all four hemispheres.
💡 Did you know?
Kiribati decided to redraw the International Date Line in 1995 by skipping January 1st to keep its far-flung islands in the same calendar day.
Other options people guess
- Fiji
- Samoa
- Tonga
Topics
- Island Nations
- Pacific
- Time Zones
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