Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

[ShelleyS]

Apparently ther is a country where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic, but where is it?

[jno]

Chile's deep south?

[jno]

no, hang on, that's the wrong way round innit; better make it the USA (see it rise from Hawaii, set from some of the more eastwesty bits of the east coast maybe?)

[Loosehead]

Well I suppose Panama is where they join so it would rise in the Atlantic and set in the pacific.

[netibiza]

Hello jno - haven't seen you around for a while.

[Artemis]

I think it would have to be Russia if your question is the right way round.

[Gef]

I think the question is the wrong way round. Because of the Earth's rotation the Atlantic is always "ahead" of the Pacific.

[bernardo]

Russia fits the wording of the question.

[jno]

can you see the Atlantic from Russia, bernardo? I did think of it but but didn't think you could really call the Barents sea or the Baltic part of the Atlantic. Hello neti, I've been in Zanzibar, by a pool (not as near to home as yours of course), so saw the sunrise over the Indian Ocean.

[landie]

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west which doesn't really fit your question.

You are more likely to find a place where you can see the Sun rise over the Atlantic and set over the Pacific.

Unless Atlantic and Pacific refer to something else (Hotels etc)