The prime meridian is located at Greenwich, England in the district of South East London and is denoted as longitude 0 degrees. The prime passes through Europe, Africa, and Antarctica.
(North to South) Europe : 3 CountriesUKFranceSpainAfrica: 5 CountriesAlgeriMaliBurkina FasoTogoGhanaAntarctica (As a continent ofcourse not country)
A line of longitude may also be known as a meridian.Meridians (lines of Longitude) are great circles that go round the Earth through the North and South Poles. So they represent one-half of a polar circumference of the planet.The Prime Meridian runs through England (Greenwich) and is 0 degrees longitude.
That was strictly a matter of international agreement. Unlike the equator, which is defined in terms of the shape of the Earth, the origin of longitude could have been anywhere that everyone agreed on. England had the largest worldwide empire, and the longest seafaring tradition and history, and the Royal Observatory in place to verify and monitor the measurement, and took the initiative to organize the international conference to set up the uniform, global navigation reference system, where it was agreed that the meridian through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich would become the zero reference for longitude.
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North Pole to South Pole through Greenwich, England
That is the Prime Meridian.
The Greenwich meridian (0deg) runs through England and Portugal.
As you go west of Greenwich you go earlier and as you go east you go later.
Greenwich, England; because the British were the first to formalize longitude as a measure of east-west position.
The prime meridian is located at Greenwich, England in the district of South East London and is denoted as longitude 0 degrees. The prime passes through Europe, Africa, and Antarctica.
The prime meridian intersects the continents of Europe, Africa and Antarctica.
(North to South) Europe : 3 CountriesUKFranceSpainAfrica: 5 CountriesAlgeriMaliBurkina FasoTogoGhanaAntarctica (As a continent ofcourse not country)
You would be closer to the Prime Meridian on the eastern coast of South America. The Prime Meridian is located at 0 degrees longitude and runs through Greenwich, near London, England. Therefore, the further east you go from the Prime Meridian, the higher the longitude values will be.
A line of longitude may also be known as a meridian.Meridians (lines of Longitude) are great circles that go round the Earth through the North and South Poles. So they represent one-half of a polar circumference of the planet.The Prime Meridian runs through England (Greenwich) and is 0 degrees longitude.
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Because at the time in history when a system of navigational coordinates for the earth's surface was being developed, England was the dominant sea power, and England decided that the origin of longitude would be the meridian through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Anyone who didn't like it was free to take their ball and go home.