What is the longitude of London?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

50 degrees north and 0 degrees east or west

Answer 4

The latitude of London is 51.5072 degrees north. The longitude is 0.1275 degrees west. London is the capital city of England.

Answer 5

Latitude: 51°30′28″N

Longitude: 00°07′41″W

Answer 6

The Prime Meridian (longitude 0) passes from pole to pole and passes through the Greenwich Observatory, London, UK.

Answer 7

51 degrees North and 0 degrees East/West

Answer 8

51 degrees north and 0 degrees east/west