Prime Meridian

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geographical line line of longitude reference meridian

The Prime Meridian is the internationally recognized zero-degree line of longitude from which all other longitudes and global time zones are measured.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Prime Meridian canonical 13
Greenwich meridian 4
Greenwich Meridian 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical line ⓘ
line of longitude ⓘ
reference meridian ⓘ
adoptedAt International Meridian Conference ⓘ
adoptedBy majority of participating nations ⓘ
adoptedInCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1884 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prime Meridian ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich meridian

Prime Meridian ⓘ
surface form: zero meridian
coordinateRole zero degrees longitude ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinate system ⓘ
countryCrossed Algeria ⓘ
Antarctica ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
France ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
definedBy International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service ⓘ
defines 0° longitude ⓘ
direction north–south line ⓘ
formsGreatCircleWith 180th meridian ⓘ
historicalBasis Prime Meridian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich meridian
locatedOn Earth ⓘ
longitudeValue 0° ⓘ
meetsAtPolesWith 180th meridian ⓘ
passesNear Accra ⓘ
surface form: Accra, Ghana

Brighton ⓘ
surface form: Brighton, United Kingdom

Castellón, Spain ⓘ
Canary Wharf ⓘ
surface form: London Docklands

Valencia ⓘ
surface form: Valencia, Spain
passesThrough Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
referenceFor Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
GMT ⓘ
surface form: Universal Time

eastern hemisphere ⓘ
western hemisphere ⓘ
relatedConcept Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
longitude ⓘ
time zone ⓘ
replaced multiple national prime meridians ⓘ
timeZoneReference UTC+0 ⓘ
usedFor defining Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ
defining global time zones ⓘ
measuring longitude ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GMT → referenceMeridian → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time → associatedWith → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Europe/London → historicalAssociation → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich Meridian
Eastern Hemisphere → liesEastOf → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Maritime Greenwich → knownFor → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian of the World
Maritime Greenwich → coordinateSystemReference → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian (0° longitude)
Coordinated Universal Time → referenceMeridian → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Western Hemisphere → boundedBy → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Western Hemisphere → liesWestOf → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Prime Meridian → historicalBasis → Prime Meridian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich meridian
Prime Meridian → alsoKnownAs → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich meridian
Prime Meridian → alsoKnownAs → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: zero meridian
International Meridian Conference → definedConcept → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: international prime meridian
Greenwich → knownFor → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Greenwich → coordinateSystemOriginFor → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian of the World
Greenwich → hasFeature → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian line
Royal Borough of Greenwich → contains → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian (Greenwich)
Greenwich Park → associatedWith → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Royal Park → contains → Prime Meridian ⓘ
subject surface form: Greenwich Park
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian line
Zulu time → referenceMeridian → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian at Greenwich
Greenwich, Kent, England → knownFor → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Greenwich, Kent, England → coordinateSystemReference → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian (0° longitude)
International Date Line → isOpposite → Prime Meridian ⓘ
International Date Line → relatedTo → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Castellón, Spain → locatedNear → Prime Meridian ⓘ
subject surface form: Castellón de la Plana
Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate) → referenceMeridian → Prime Meridian ⓘ
subject surface form: Ordnance Survey National Grid
this entity surface form: Greenwich meridian
Peacehaven → traversedBy → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich Meridian
General Wolfe statue → locatedNear → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Meridian line at Greenwich
Royal Observatory, Greenwich → coordinateSystemDefined → Prime Meridian ⓘ
Ordnance Survey National Grid → referenceMeridian → Prime Meridian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich meridian
ISO 19111 for coordinate reference systems → includesConcept → Prime Meridian ⓘ
subject surface form: ISO 19111
this entity surface form: Prime meridian