How are you defining West here? If we go by the international date line they're not all that far away and if you zag left as you go further south it works quit

How are you defining West here? If we go by the international date line they're not all that far away and if you zag left as you go further south it works quite well. You need a similar shape on the other side too to get Europe but exclude Africa, so it makes for a pretty reasonable cut of the planet overall. It's a tilted west.