GK
WORLD HISTORY
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0 degrees latitude.
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0 degrees longitude.
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90 degrees latitude.
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180 degrees longitude.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the time measured on the Earth’s zero degree line of longitude, or meridian. This runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, passing through the Old Royal Observatory in the London suburb of Greenwich.
Detailed explanation-2: -The line in Greenwich represents the historic Prime Meridian of the World-Longitude 0º. Every place on Earth was measured in terms of its distance east or west from this line.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1884, the International Meridian Conference took place in Washington, D.C. to establish an internationally recognised single meridian. The meridian chosen was that which passed through the Airy transit circle at Greenwich, and it became the prime meridian of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each meridian measures one arc degree of longitude. The distance around Earth measures 360 degrees. The meridian that runs through Greenwich, England, is internationally accepted as the line of 0 degrees longitude, or prime meridian.