The location of the Prime Meridian is a matter of international agreement.
So I guess that if there were a burning reason to do it, representatives of a
bunch of nations could get together and agree to change it.
Of course, every globe and map in the world with any longitudes printed on them
would immediately be wrong.
The longitude of a location is its angle east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Everything from 1 degree 50 minutes east to 8 degrees 13 minutes west. But the Prime Meridian, at zero degrees, is defined as the location of the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
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By a W for West
east or west of the prime Meridian
The prime meridian is close to the capital of France, Paris. However, the exact location of the prime meridian is located in Greenwich, England.
The Prime Meridian is east of France. The Prime Meridian is located in Greenwich, England. This is the location on earth where the longitude coordinate is 0 degrees.
The Philippines lie a long way to the east of the prime meridian (which passes through London).
0 degrees longitude
0 degrees longitude
The Prime Meridian breaks the world into two hemispheres: east and west so the east of the Prime Meridian is any location with a positive longitude including most of Europe and all of the Middle East and Asia.
39 degrees north of the Equator, 77 degrees west of the prime meridian.
90 degrees west
The longitude of a location is its angle east or west of the Prime Meridian.
It is west of the prime meridian and north of the equator. :D
Everything from 1 degree 50 minutes east to 8 degrees 13 minutes west. But the Prime Meridian, at zero degrees, is defined as the location of the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
prime meridian!Prime Meridian!PRIME MERIDIAN!PrImE MeRiDiAn!