'''Batı yarıküre''', [[Dünya]]'nın [[Greenwich]]'ten geçen [[Baş meridyen]]le ikiye bölündüğünde batıda kalan kısmıdır. Jeopolitik anlamda genellikle [[Amerika]] kıtalarını kastetmek amacıyla, [[Yeni Dünya]] tabiri ile eş anlamlı olarak kullanılır.<ref>{{kaynak|website=Britannica.com|başlık=Western Hemisphere|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Hemisphere|erişimtarihi=28 Mayıs 2020|arşiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608135129/https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Hemisphere|arşiv-tarihi=8 Haziran 2020|ölüurl=no}}</ref>
Batı Yarımküre adı, [[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri]] hükümeti gibi bazı kişi ve kurumlarca tüm [[Amerika]] için bir [[mecâz-ı mürsel]] olarak kullanılır.<ref>[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-western-hemisphere-affairs/ Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528144817/https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-western-hemisphere-affairs/ |datetarih=28 Mayıs 2020 }}, [[United States Department of State]].</ref><ref>[https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/-Western-Hemisphere.aspx Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003051713/https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/-Western-Hemisphere.aspx |datetarih=3 Ekim 2020 }}, [[United States Department of the Treasury]].</ref><ref>[https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527095204/https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas |datetarih=27 Mayıs 2020 }}, [[Office of the United States Trade Representative]].</ref><ref>[https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/joe-biden-western-hemisphere-needs-us-leadership Joe Biden: The Western Hemisphere Needs U.S. Leadership] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225005245/https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/joe-biden-western-hemisphere-needs-us-leadership |datetarih=25 Aralık 2019 }}, [[Americas Quarterly]], 17 December 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.justice.gov/criminal-opdat/worldwide-activities/western-hemisphere Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510160215/https://www.justice.gov/criminal-opdat/worldwide-activities/western-hemisphere |datetarih=10 Mayıs 2020 }}, [[United States Department of Justice]].</ref><ref>[https://www.fas.usda.gov/regions/western-hemisphere Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506230841/https://www.fas.usda.gov/regions/western-hemisphere |datetarih=6 Mayıs 2020 }}, [[United States Department of Agriculture]].</ref><ref>[https://www.fws.gov/international/wildlife-without-borders/western-hemisphere/ Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621091013/https://www.fws.gov/international/wildlife-without-borders/western-hemisphere/ |datetarih=21 Haziran 2020 }}, [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]].</ref><ref>[https://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/selectedregion/18 Western Hemisphere] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405090010/https://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/selectedregion/18 |datetarih=5 Nisan 2020 }}, [[Fulbright Program]].</ref>
