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The Prime Meridian is a line that joins the north pole and south pole. There is
a point on it at every possible latitude. So it's not possible to be either north
or south of the Prime Meridian.
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What map feature can be found in North America -- the Prime Meridian Arctic Circle North Pole or Equator?
the Arctic Circle
Does the Prime Meridian pass through Antarctica or the Arctic Circle?
Both. It runs from Pole to Pole. Every meridian of longitude on Earth crosses the Antarctic Circle,the Arctic Circle, and every other parallel of latitude on Earth.Yes to both.The prime meridian is a line of longitude and therefore passes through both the Arctic and Antarctic circles, which are lines of lattitude.
Is the antarctic circle north south of the equator?
No. Antarctica is found at least 60 degrees S of the equator. The International Date Line and the Prime Meridian converge on Antarctica.
Does the prime meridian circle the globe from north to south pole?
Like every other meridian, the Prime one only joins the poles,and forms a semi-circle.
What aRe the endings points on the prime meridian?
Every meridian of longitude is a semi-circle that joins the north and south poles.
A sentence with the word prime meridian?
The prime meridian is the zero degree vertical longitude line on the globe of the Earth. An example sentence would be: She used to live close to the prime meridian.
What ocean does the Prime Meridian pass through?
The Prime Meridian passes through the following: -- Arctic Ocean -- North Greenland Sea -- Norwegian Sea -- North Sea -- English Channel -- Balear Sea -- Gulf of Guinea -- South Atlantic Ocean.
When it's noon at Greenwich England what time is it where the Prime meridian crosses the Arctic Circle?
For the most part, time zones don't change north to south. It would still be noon.
Imaginary north to south lines parallel to the prime meridian that circle the globe vertically is?
Lines of longitude.
What are the imaginary lines that circle the earth east and west of the prime meridian?
The 'lines' that appear east and west of the Prime Meridian are the other meridians of longitude. But they don't circle the Earth. Each meridian is a semi-circle that joins the north and south poles, and has the same longitude at every point on it.
What are the ending points of the Prime Meridian?
The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line between the Earth's north and south poles, which, by international agreement, marks zero longitude. The poles are its extremities. Neither pole is its beginning or its end. Its important feature is its location, and the line itself has no direction.
What are the three most important lines that divide up the world?
There are two main lines: Equator (north and south) and Prime Meridian (east and west). There are five lines of latitude: Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle.
