International date line

[John Cowan]

Gwilim Law writes:

> Niue, to take a simple example, is shown in my Rand McNally International
> Atlas surrounded by a rectangle extending from approximately 166.5 to 170.5
> degrees West, and 17.5 to 23.5 degrees South.

Okay.  And this bounding box is defined by an international convention?
Or is it just RMcN's convention?

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