Sponsored Topics. Crete is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,346 at the 2000 census. Originally named Wood's Corner, it was founded in 1836 by Vermonters Dyantha and Willard Wood. Crete is located at 41Â°27â²21â³N 87Â°37â²8â³W / 41.45583Â°N 87.61889Â°W / 41.45583; -87.61889 (41.455910, -87.618798).
This geography fact also means that Africa is the only continent to have land both at the Equator and the Prime Meridian. These two maps show how the continent of Africa lies in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
The imaginary line that divides the world into equal east and west halves, is called the Prime Meridian. Any place to the left of the Prime Meridian is in the Western Hemisphere, while any place to the right of the Prime Meridian is in the Eastern Hemisphere.he equator is exactly half way between the North Pole and South Pole. Each of the seven continents is located in at least two hemispheres. Look at our continent of North America. It lies in the Western Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere.