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unusual facts about Prime 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.

The need for a separate national meridian for the United States gradually faded, and in 1884, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur called the International Meridian Conference in Washington which selected the meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich as the international Prime Meridian.

American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

Between 1855 and 1881 it had two parts, the first for the meridian of Greenwich contained data on the Sun, Moon, lunar distances, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, which was published separately as The American Nautical Almanac.

Association of Saône Vosgienne country communes

The intersection of the 48th parallel north with the 6th meridian east of Greenwich occurs in the area covered by this grouping, within the commune of Martinvelle.

Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic

The name of the vessel derives from the fact that is located close to the Greenwich (or Prime) Meridian.

Macfarlane Observatory

The establishment of the Macfarlane Observatory in 1757 was before the 1767 appearance of The Nautical Almanac based on the Prime Meridian at Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

World Geodetic System

The mean of this data caused a shift of about 100 metres east away from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, UK.


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Anywhere on Earth

Note that the day's end AOE occurs at noon Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of the following day, Howland Island being halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian that is the base reference longitude for UTC.

United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Zero Meridian

When the first Ordnance Survey map was published in 1801, the official Prime Meridian of Great Britain was the one established by the third Astronomer Royal, James Bradley.

WHEM

The Western Hemisphere, a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian.