The place where the New Year is the first

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The place where the New Year is the first

When we still go past the feverish preparations for the New Year, some of the inhabitants of the earth are not only met him and had fun, but this time even had time to rest and sleep. Because there are places in the world where the New Year meet much earlier than we do. In our gallery, we present those places where the New Year is the first on the planet.

The place where the New Year is the first

Traditionally, the first to meet new 2015 in Kiribati. And if more specific, on the linear islands, which are located to the east than the other islands of this country. In 1994, one of the presidential candidates promised citizens that if he wins the election, it will do so, that Kiribati will be the first to celebrate the New Year around the world. He won, and kept his word: He suffered a demarcation line of time (an imaginary line on the map of time zones). Since that time, Kiribati is divided into three time zones, and in the eastern-most of them coming at midnight on 14 hours earlier than in London.

The place where the New Year is the first

In the same time zone as the Kiribati is Tokelau, which includes a group of islands consisting of three coral atoll: Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo. It is a dependent territory of New Zealand. Changing the time zone here occurred as recently as 2011, and the main reason for this was the problem of interaction in contact with New Zealand since before the island was on the other side of the demarcation line time.

The place where the New Year is the first

An hour later, the New Year will be welcomed residents of Samoa. In 2011, there also was a change of time zone, the date 30 December 2011 in Samoa calendar absent. This was done to better interaction and cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. What is interesting, the previous time zone change was carried out in 1892 in order to adjust the time for California.

The place where the New Year is the first

At the same time, as in Samoa will celebrate the New Year the inhabitants of Tonga - island located in one third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa.

The place where the New Year is the first

The next meet New Year residents Chatham Islands. This small archipelago that consists of two inhabited islands - Chatham and Pitt. Other small islands have the status of reservations and, in general, are not available for both islanders and tourists. What is interesting, in the Chatham Islands has its own time zone, which is characterized by 45 minutes (or less) from the time in New Zealand.

The place where the New Year is the first

When the islanders following Chatham New 2015 meet in New Zealand.

The place where the New Year is the first

At the same time, as in New Zealand, to celebrate New Year in Fiji. This state, which is located on 322 islands and islets of volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs, of which only 110 are inhabited islands.

The place where the New Year is the first

The first mainland state whose residents will celebrate New 2015 (together with the residents of New Zealand and Fiji) - a Russian, or rather, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located in the southeastern part of the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula.

The place where the New Year is the first

in the same time zone as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, there are numerous small islands and archipelagos in the Pacific, Tuvalu, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Wake Island and the Marshall Islands. In the photo: an island of Nauru.

The place where the New Year is the first

We travel further and move west. Following the New Year meet the residents of New Caledonia - a French overseas territory located in the western Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, about 1,400 kilometers east of Australia and 1,500 kilometers north-west of New Zealand.

Country, celebrating the New Year along with New Caledonia is: Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and the Solomon Islands.

The place where the New Year is the first

However, New Caledonia New 2015 meet the inhabitants of another Russian city - Magadan.

The place where the New Year is the first

In his journey, we finally arrived in Australia, where the first to celebrate the New Year, of course, residents of the East Coast - Sydney and Melbourne.

The place where the New Year is the first

At the same time the residents of Sydney and Melbourne, the New Year will be welcomed in Vladivostok on the Pacific islands such as Guam, Mariana Islands and Papua - New Guinea. In the photo: the island of Guam.

We finish our journey in this time zone, and if you want it to continue, the atlas will help you in this!