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The '''Greenwich Meridian''' (or Prime Meridian) is the line of 0<sup>o</sup> [[longitude]] from which all other lines of longitude are measured. The location of the meridian was agreed at an international conference that took place in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1884. <ref>http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/millennium/info/conference.htm</ref>Before that time, navigators from different countries had used a variety of 0<sup>o</sup> meridians which had led to a great deal of confusion. It is named after [[Greenwich]] in [[London]], [[England]] which was the site of the British Royal Observatory and through which the meridian, by definition, passes.
The '''Greenwich Meridian''' (or Prime Meridian) is the line of 0<sup>o</sup> [[longitude]] from which all other lines of longitude are measured. The location of the [[meridian]] was agreed at an international conference that took place in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1884. <ref>[http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/millennium/info/conference.htm Greenwich 2000: History - The 1884 International Meridian Conference]</ref> Before that time, navigators from different countries had used a variety of 0<sup>o</sup> meridians which had led to a great deal of confusion. It is named after [[Greenwich]] in [[London]], [[England]] which was the site of the British Royal Observatory and through which the meridian, by definition, passes.
Like all lines of longitude, the Greenwich Meridian connects the [[North Pole]] and [[South Pole]]. It passes through the [[Arctic Ocean]], the [[North Sea]], England, [[France]], [[Spain]], western [[Africa]], the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the [[Southern Ocean]] and [[Antarctica]].
Like all lines of longitude, the Greenwich Meridian connects the [[North Pole]] and [[South Pole]]. It passes through the [[Arctic Ocean]], the [[North Sea]], England, [[France]], [[Spain]], western [[Africa]], the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the [[Southern Ocean]] and [[Antarctica]].