World Time

World Time Hours fast (+) or slow (-) on Greenwich Mean Time (clock time); where summer time (which is normally +1 on the hour shown) is observed the hour is marked with (*)     Afghanistan+ 4½ Albania+ 1* AlgeriaGMT Andorra+ 1 Angola+ 1 Antigua- 4 Argentina- 3 Australia • New South Wales Tasmania, Victoria • Queensland • South Australia • Northern Territory • Western Australia + 10* + 10 + 9½ + 9½ + 8 Austria+ 1 Bahamas+ 5* Bahrain+ 3 Bangladesh+ 6 Barbados- 4 Belgium+ 1* Belize- 6 Benin+ 1 Bermuda- 4* Bhutan+ 6 Bolivia- 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina+ 1 Botswana+ 2 Brazil • East • West • Acre - 2 - 4 - 5 Brunei+ 8 Bulgaria+...

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Time Zones

Time Zones Local Time Parallels of longitude determine the time at a place. Local time is 12 noon when the sun is exactly overhead. Local time varies, from Greenwich time (London) at the rate of four minutes/degree of longitude. The time of a place depends on whether it lies east or west of Greenwich. As the earth rotates from west to east, the places that lie to the east of Greenwich are the first to receive sunlight. The earth rotates through 360° in 24 h or15° in1hor 1° in 4 min. Therefore the local time varies at the rate of 4 min/degree of longitude from the Greenwich time. For example, Kolkata is approximately 90° east of Greenwich. So, Kolkata will be (90° x4) or 6 h ahead of the time in London.   Standard Time: Standard Time is the uniform time fixed by each country. As...

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Highest Mountain Peaks of the World

Highest Mountain Peaks of the World Mountain peakRangeLocationHeight ft.m Everest1HimalayasNepal/Tibet29,0358,850 K2 (Godwin Austen)KarakoramPakistan/China28,2508,611 KanchenjungaHimalayasIndia/Nepal28,1698,586 Lhotse IHimalayasNepal/Tibet27,9408,516 Makalu IHimalayasNepal/Tibet27,7668,463 Cho OyuHimalayasNepal/Tibet26,9068,201 DhaulagiriHimalayasNepal26,7958,167 Manaslu IHimalayasNepal26,7818,163 Nanga ParbatHimalayasPakistan26,6608,125 AnnapurnaHimalayasNepal26,5458,091 Gasherbrum IKarakoramPakistan/China26,4708,068 Broad PeakKarakoramPakistan/China26,4008,047 Gasherbrum IIKarakoramPakistan/China26,3608,035 Shishma Pangma (Gosainthan)HimalayasTibet26,2898,013 Annapurna IIHimalayasNepal26,0417,937 Gyachung KangHimalayasNepal25,9107,897 Disteghil SarKarakoramPakistan25,8587,882 HimalchuliHimalayasNepal25,8017,864 NuptseHimalayasNepal25,7267,841 Nanda...

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