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- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) abstract "A prime meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their charts and maps. In October of that year, at the behest of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., USA, for the International Meridian Conference. This conference selected the meridian passing through Greenwich as the official prime meridian due to its popularity. However, France abstained from the vote and French maps continued to use the Paris meridian for several decades.The prime meridian passes through the Airy transit circle (51°28′40.1247″N 0°0′5.3101″W) of the Greenwich observatory. It was long marked by a brass strip in the courtyard, now upgraded to stainless steel, and, since 16 December 1999, has been marked by a powerful green laser shining north across the London night sky.The Greenwich meridian passes through: 23x United Kingdom, 23x France, 23x Spain, 23x Algeria, 23x Mali, 23x Burkina Faso, 23x Togo, 23x Ghana, Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.↑ ↑".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) thumbnail Prime_meridian.jpg?width=300.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) wikiPageExternalLink books?id=qOIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA927.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) wikiPageExternalLink www.thegreenwichmeridian.org.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) wikiPageID "441212".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) wikiPageRevisionID "604818030".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) hasPhotoCollection Prime_meridian_(Greenwich).
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) name "International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) no "17759".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) subject Category:1884_establishments.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) subject Category:English_inventions.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) subject Category:Geography_of_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) subject Category:Named_meridians.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) point "51.47781111111111 -0.001475".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) type SpatialThing.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) comment "A prime meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their charts and maps. In October of that year, at the behest of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., USA, for the International Meridian Conference.".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Meridiaan van Greenwich".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Meridiano de Greenwich".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Meridiano de Greenwich".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Meridiano di Greenwich".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Méridien de Greenwich".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Nullmeridian".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Południk zerowy".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Prime meridian (Greenwich)".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "Гринвичский меридиан".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "خط غرينتش".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) label "グリニッジ子午線".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Základní_poledník.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Nullmeridian.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Meridiano_de_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Greenwich_meridianoa.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Méridien_de_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Meridian_utama.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Meridiano_di_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs グリニッジ子午線.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Meridiaan_van_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Południk_zerowy.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Meridiano_de_Greenwich.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs m.0j7n5d4.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Q131108.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) sameAs Q131108.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) lat "51.47781111111111".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) long "-0.001475".
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) wasDerivedFrom Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)?oldid=604818030.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) depiction Prime_meridian.jpg.
- Prime_meridian_(Greenwich) isPrimaryTopicOf Prime_meridian_(Greenwich).