Talk:Southern Hemisphere

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Southern Hemisphere and southern hemisphere should be merged.

[edit] Map

Not to nitpick, but the line showing the Prime Meridian seems a little out of place on the map highlighting the Southern Hemisphere. Wmahan. 17:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

P.S. But without the Equator and yellow shading, it would be great for Prime Meridian. :) Wmahan. 17:35, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] No longer a stub?

  • This article provides enough information. Is it still a stub? - Matthew kokai 04:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some issues

Paragraph 2 - technically, Oceania is not a continent. Also, in those parts of the southern hemisphere that are north of the tropic of capricorn, the sun passes to the south at some points during the year.

Also some work is needed on nations in the Southern Hemisphere. Under Asia, for example, Malaysia and the Maldives are on both sides of the equator, while under the Pacific New Caledonia has been left out.

Otherwise, good sutff.Tim Macready 4:45 pm 3 February, 2006 (EST)

I changed the 2nd paragraph around to make a bit more sense, now the continents are listed in order of how much of their landmass is located in the S. hemisphere, also changed Oceania (which is a region not a continent) to Australia and linked to the Australia_(continent) page

[edit] Constalitisation

An anonymous editor added the statement that In the north of England, the Southern Hemisphere is known as the 'constalitisation'. I'm not convinced that's true, and even if it is, the word alone is arguably not relevant to the article. I raised the same issue at Talk:Cumbrian dialect.

I'm removing the claim, but if anyone has verifiable evidence for the word, feel free to add it back. -- Wmahan. 06:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised that you do not know this, but the phrase comes from an old English folk tale about a hero who journeys below the equator...although the term equator wasnt actually used. Please reinstitute the note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.131.244 (talk • contribs) 05:20, 10 May 2006

I've yet to see any evidence for the word, other than your edits to articles like Cumbrian dialect, Lancashire, and English folklore. But if you can provide a verifiable source, I'll be happy to admit I'm wrong and reinstate the edit. -- Wmahan. 21:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] australia is a country or a continent?

australia is a country or a continent?

I say both. It depends on who you ask. --Spoon! 21:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, it's both. They're not mutually exclusive, it's just that it's the only place that is (though in the past some people used to say the continent was 'Australasia', but that seems to have faded). --jjron 10:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Just noticed the article itself uses both these terms for the continent, and there's a separate article on Australasia. As I said above, from my experience, the use of that term is becoming quite unpopular, but evidently it's still in use. --jjron 10:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, Australia is definitely BOTH a country and a continent!!!! :-) RaNdOm26 16:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How much of the Earth's total land area is in the Southern Hemisphere?

This article should provide an answer for that question, but doesn't. Peter G Werner 00:35, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I think both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere articles should also say what portion of the hemisphere is water.--Jeff79 21:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'S'outhern 'H'emisphere or 's'outhern 'h'emisphere?

Is it a proper noun? --- RockMFR 16:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[1] Apparently with capitals (one exception out of 5). --Van helsing 07:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


  • Support, as nominator. Quizimodo 18:13, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strongly Oppose These are proper names, and should be capitalized. The "recent moves" and edits are by the nominator, and should be reversed. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:37, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support (for Southern hemisphere rather than southern hemisphere), since it is not a proper name. DAJF 01:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Although the current first sentence ("The southern hemisphere is the half of a planet's surface...") is correctly not capitalised, the article is about Earth's Southern Hemisphere and not southern hemispheres in general. and speaking of, what's the aversion to majuscules at wikipedia anyway? i can see slovenian or polish wikipedia looking like this but capitals create a nice contrast for faster and easier reading. is it too teutonic or something? — ajaxsmack 05:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment The entries in the above two reputable volumes are also clearly about Earth's hemispheres, and render them first as minuscules. Quizimodo 06:20, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with my below comment. I have reread WP:NAME and feel now that the name change is incorrect. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 02:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose this is not wiktionary, why should the first letter not be capitalized? 132.205.44.5 22:17, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support ("Southern hemisphere" in the actual title, of course) The Canadian Oxford Dictionary's entries and examples for both "hemisphere" and "southern hemisphere" support this usage. Mentions of the earth's unnamed hemispheres are not proper nouns, any more than a reference to "the polar continent" or "the largest ocean". The term does also refer to a sector of the celestial sphere, as well as hemispheres of other planetary bodies. —Michael Z. 2007-08-20 22:34 Z
  • I think AjaxSmack made the best point so far: This article is about Earth's southern hemisphere, not about the general concept of southern hemispheres. So it's the "Southern Hemisphere" or alternatively "Earth's southern hemisphere". —AldeBaer 12:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

I certainly agree with the proposed move. You do realize of course the because of technicalities, the actual title of the article will be Southern hemisphere? --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 19:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. --Stemonitis 18:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asia

While East Timor and Indonesia may be considered by some (and I don't have an attribution for this; I'm being generous in admitting it's possible) to be Asian countries, the parts of each that lie in the Southern Hemisphere are not in the Asian mainland. The southernmost point of the Asian continent is at or near Singapore, which is 137 km north of the Equator. Therefore, Asia is not in the Southern Hemisphere, as this article claims. I'll be making the correction shortly. -- JeffBillman (talk) 17:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

This is but one interpretation: islands adjacent to a continental mainland are often considered to be part of a particular continent. Glance at a map of Asia, whereby the isles of Indonesia are reckoned as part of Asia; the same holds true for Japan, Greenland, the British Isles, et al. Therefore, I have reworded the edit slightly. Quizimodo (talk) 18:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Gotcha. I reworded the intro in an attempt to match your edit; feel free to adjust accordingly. -- JeffBillman (talk) 20:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC)