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.
Below is a list of the countries which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres along the 180th meridian, in order from north to south: 1  Russia. 2  United States (United States islands). 3  Kiribati. Norway (due to Jan Mayen; mainland Norway lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere). 2  United Kingdom. 3  Netherlands (The islands of the Netherlands Antilles lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere while the European Netherlands lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).