Is the prime meridian located between 0 and 180?

Answer 1

The distance would be variable. The earth is a sphere, and the Prime Meridian is a point that was arbitrarily given the start point 0 degrees

longitude. That point runs through Greenwitch, England and approximatly through the center of Paris where it is called the Rose Line. This is a north

to south line, and was designated as THE start point so that with a good

clock, knowing where the sun rose and its time, you could closly determine

where you were by both longitude (East/West) and latitude North/South. If you were in a ship on the open seas, that would be invaluable. On land, that might just get you home too! So, 180 degrees would be directly opposite of that point except at the

North and South Poles, where the lines would be the same. The Prime Meridian in essance circles the globe, and the 180 degree point and the

0 degree point can be the same. At the Equator the distance between the

0 and 180 degree point is one half the circumfence of the planet, or appr. 12,450.75 miles. At any other point it would be less, and would be 0 at the poles. Zinfoolish

Answer 2

180 degrees past the prime meridian? As in, 'what's on the exact opposite side of the earth from the prime meridian?'

The prime meridian.

Answer 3

The Prime Meridian is the 'line' composed of every point on Earth with zero longitude.

There is a point on the Prime Meridian at every possible latitude.

Answer 4

The meridian of 180 degrees longitude is.