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.
Hemispheres: The earth is divided into four hemispheres. One way is at the equator, the imaginary line circling the earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. This divides the earth in half from the top to bottom.The Northern Hemisphere is the northern half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator. The Southern Hemisphere is the southern half between the South Pole and the equator. The other is from east to west.The Eastern Hemisphere is referred to as the Old World while the Western Hemisphere is considered the New World. The Eastern Hemisphere consists of four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.s you know the equator is a line of latitude that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. Longitude and Time: Another set of imaginary lines on a globe is the lines of longitude.