prime meridian
Because it is where east and west are measured from. Sort of like zero is neither positive nor negative.:)
118 degrees 15' W
It has a latitude of +90 degrees and -40 degrees.
That line is called the Prime Meridian and it runs from the north pole to the south pole, mostly over the ocean.
0 degrees
0 degree latitude is called equator and 0 degree longitude is called prime meridian
0 degree longitude is is called the Prime Meridian.
longitude.
0 degrees longitude
0 degrees longitude, which runs through Greenwich is called the "prime meridian."
The prime meridian is a line at 0 degrees longitude.
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude, and the Prime (or Grenwich) Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
Indonesian territory.
prime meridian
longitude
The 0 degree line of Latitude is called the Equator.