Difficult to explain without pictures, but here goes.... Imagine a circle drawn around the earth, from North to South and passing through both the North and South poles. This called a meridian, or Great Circle. A series of these circles can be drawn, each one being one degree apart, around the circle of the equator, and there would then be 360 such circles. The longitude of any place on earth is measured by how many degrees around is the meridian which passes through it. The starting point for this measurement could be anywhere on earth, but because of Britain's history as a major empire and sea power the starting point is in Greenwich, London. So, the longitude of Greenwich, London is 0 degrees.
Historically London has the longitude of 0 degrees, more specifically it is actually Greenwich in London. The latitude is 51deg 30 mins North. This can be refined to give an ever increasing degree of accuracy
50 degrees north and 0 degrees east or west
The latitude of London is 51.5072 degrees north. The longitude is 0.1275 degrees west. London is the capital city of England.
Latitude: 51°30′28″N
Longitude: 00°07′41″W
The Prime Meridian (longitude 0) passes from pole to pole and passes through the Greenwich Observatory, London, UK.
51 degrees North and 0 degrees East/West
51 degrees north and 0 degrees east/west
London
Lines of Longitude are imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. The main line of longitude, the Prime Meridian (zero longitude), passes through the Greenwich Observatory, London, England.
London.
Latitude: N 51° 30' 29.1892", Longitude: W 0° 4' 33.8217"
No, its numbers that show where somewhere is... For example, the center of London is:Latitude = 51.5005, Longitude = -0.1248
The Prime Meridian runs through London, marking the 0Β° line of longitude. It is recognized as the starting point for measuring longitude and is located at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
it is London
London
London is located at 51°30′26″N Latitude, 0°7′39″W Longitude (roughly - London is a fairly big place)
The Prime Meridien (0 degrees longitude) passes through the London Borough of Greenwich - hence GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
greenwich in london
London
55.961854, -3.187652
Lines of Longitude are imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. The main line of longitude, the Prime Meridian (zero longitude), passes through the Greenwich Observatory, London, England.
0 degrees longitude runs through Greenwich which is a suburb of southeast London, which is where Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) comes from.
Yes. It is the longitude line that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich near London, and is marked as Zero longitude.
The longitude of Greenwich Observatory, near London, England. Check out GMT.