prime meridian

     

The Prime Meriian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which longitude is defined to be 0°.

Trivia about prime meridian

  • 2-word alternate name for 0 degrees longitude
  • 0 degrees longitude, this line passes through Greenwich Observatory in England
  • All lines of longitude are measured east or west of this line
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew fingers a familiar longitudinal on a globe.) It passes through Gao, Mali; Argentan, France; &, of course, Greenwich, England
  • Longitude east & west is reckoned by this, which runs through Greenwich, England

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