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 term Western Hemisphere is most often used in political and geographical contexts to describe the American continent and nearby countries in South and Central America. 1  The term distinguishes the region from Europe, Asia and Africa. In addition to the individual countries in the Americas, the islands of the Caribbean also fall in the Western Hemisphere. The islands include: Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Barbados; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Trinidad and Tobago; St. Lucia; St. Kitts and Nevits; The Western Hemisphere also includes regions in Oceania as well as two non-sovereign terrirories, French Guiana and the ...