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unusual facts about Greenwich, Nova Scotia



100th meridian

100th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

108th meridian

108th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

112th meridian

112th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

113th meridian

113th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

118th meridian

118th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

131st meridian

131st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

141st meridian

141st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

144th meridian

144th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

150th meridian

150th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

156th meridian

156th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

164th meridian

164th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

171st meridian

171st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

173rd meridian

173rd meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

178th meridian

178th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

20th meridian

20th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

29th meridian

29th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

31st meridian

31st meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

32nd meridian west from Washington

The 32nd meridian of longitude west from Washington is a line of longitude approximately 109°02′48″ west of the Prime Meridian of Greenwich.

34th meridian

34th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

42nd meridian

42nd meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

45th meridian

45th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

4th meridian

4th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

5th meridian

5th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

60th meridian

60th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

64th meridian

64th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

71st meridian

71st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

73rd meridian

73rd meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

82nd meridian

82nd meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

97th meridian

97th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

Alfred Eick

At the 25 anniversary of Eick's sinking of the SS Point Pleasant Park, the surviving crew created a monument to those that died in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Anti-fouling paint

One famous example of the traditional use of metal sheathing is the clipper Cutty Sark, which is preserved as a museum ship in dry-dock at Greenwich in England.

Arunah Shepherdson Abell

Arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia by ship from Europe, it traveled overland by pony to Annapolis, by steamship to Portland, Maine, and then by rail to Baltimore.

Calf Pasture Beach

Taylor Farm Park is the site of an annual Greenwich Kennel club dog show.

Canadian Forces National Investigation Service

Atlantic Region, based in CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia, with responsibility for the four Atlantic provinces;

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham was born on June 25, 1885 in Greenwich, Connecticut as a son of George W. Wickersham, an American lawyer and future United States Attorney General.

Dick Wellstood

Richard MacQueen "Dick" Wellstood (born November 25, 1927, Greenwich, Connecticut — died July 24, 1987, Palo Alto, California) was an American jazz pianist.

Edgar Crow Baker

Baker was born in Lambeth, then part of Surrey, England, the son of Edward William Whitley Baker, and was educated at the Royal Hospital School in Greenwich.

Gedney family

Joshua Gedney and his brother Joseph were forced to change their names to Gidney and to flee from New York to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1783.

Greenwich, New South Wales

For NSW state elections, Greenwich is in the electorate of Lane Cove, presently held by Anthony Roberts, a member of the Liberal Party, who has held the seat since the 2003 state election.

Hayley Lever

Throughout his life, he traveled and painted extensively, including Nova Scotia and Grand Manan Island in Canada, the Bahamas and Florida, while often returning to Europe.

Moreton Bay Pile Light

The graphs were replaced every month and were sent to Greenwich where they were kept.

Mr. and Mrs. North

In that version, the North's apartment is located on Greenwich Place, realized in a scenic design by Jo Mielziner.

Olga Korbut

She watched the gymnastics competitions in the North Greenwich Arena, providing commentary by way of Twitter and Facebook.

Peregrine Hopson

In April 1746 Hopson arrived in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia with a number of reinforcements intending to relieve the existing British garrison.

Peter Crerar

Today the Albion Mines Railway is commemorated by the “Samson Trail” following the route of the old railway from the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry along the East River towards Abercrombie.

Port Maitland, Ontario

:There is also a Port Maitland in the province of Nova Scotia; see Port Maitland, Nova Scotia.

Royal College of Science

But the scientists pressed the need for much better laboratory space, so the school of naval architecture instead went to Greenwich.

Spotted wolffish

The bottom-dwelling spotted wolffish is found across the North Atlantic from north of Russia to the Scotian Shelf, off Nova Scotia.

Sri Lanka Time

The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5 ° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT.

West Nova Scotia Regiment

The regiment recruits volunteers from all over the province of Nova Scotia and has its headquarters at LFAATC Aldershot, near the community of Aldershot, Nova Scotia.


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